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Dual stage simulations to study the microclimatic effects of trees on thermal comfort in a residential building, Cairo, Egypt

Submitted by on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 15:41

This paper describes an outdoor-indoor thermal investigation of a multifamily residential building during summer in Cairo, Egypt. Initially, microclimate meteorological data was generated for an urban settlement with and without trees being incorporated in to the development.  The software ENVI-met was used for this first stage. Two kinds of tree planting (15m high Ficus Elastica and 20m Yellow Poinciana) were simulated, together with the existing scenario that has no trees.