Community Scale Environmental Technologies and Their Urban Heat Island Impacts - Fact Sheet

Publication Number:    CEC-500-2011-FS-021

Abstract:
This project will use advanced computersimulation techniques, including fineresolutionmeteorological modeling, to predictthe changes in ambient temperatures thatresult from the deployment of communityscaleenvironmental measures. The simulationswill look at individual technologies as well asthe feedback loops and interactions that occurwhen technologies are deployed incombinations. The simulations will be carriedout in two phases. In the first phase, idealizedcommunities will be modeled and analyzed for181 subclimate zones, covering all of the 16climate zones in California defined by Title 24Energy Code. In the second phase, threeCalifornia cities will be modeled: Los Angeles,Sacramento, and Fresno

Author(s):  David Weightman

Commission Division:    Technology Systems Division - R&D, PIER (500)

Office/Program:    PIER: Public Interest Energy Research

PIER Program Area:    Buildings End-Use Energy Efficiency

Date Published:    August 2011

Date On Line:    03/02/2012

Acrobat PDF File Size: 2 pages, 270 kilobytes

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