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A STEP TOWARDS URBAN BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING:
MEASURING DESIGN AND FIELD VARIABLES FOR AN URBAN HEAT ISLAND
ANALYSIS
by
Anupam Jain
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Anupam Jain
Object Description
| Title | A step towards urban building information modeling: measuring design and field variables for an urban heat island analysis |
| Author | Jain, Anupam |
| Author email | anupamj@usc.edu; anupam11@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-03-11 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-08-07 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Spiegelhalter, Thomas Kensek, Karen |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Banaei-Kashani, Farnoush Noble, Douglas |
| Abstract | Digital simulation methods are important for analyzing energy flows. They inform the design and help determine what methods are useful for the remediation of built form to enable energy conservation. The logical requirement therefore is to develop sophisticated energy modeling tools for mitigating some of the most pressing urban problems.; Urban areas have a greater density of buildings and paved surfaces that absorb and retain heat from the sun. Typically overall, the relative air temperature is lower in rural areas, increases over suburban districts, and then peaks over urban areas. These higher temperatures increase the need for cooling, especially in summer, making buildings consume more electricity. These are characteristics of the urban heat island effect. Urban scale computer modeling for incident solar radiation can aid in learning about mitigation of the heat island effect through albedo modification and increased vegetation, among other solutions. |
| Keyword | urban heat island; insolation; albedo; cool roof; green roof; pavement; parking lot; computer modeling |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2531 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Jain, Anupam |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Jain-3174 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Jain-3174.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | A STEP TOWARDS URBAN BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING: MEASURING DESIGN AND FIELD VARIABLES FOR AN URBAN HEAT ISLAND ANALYSIS by Anupam Jain A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE August 2009 Copyright 2009 Anupam Jain |
