Description

Extreme weather events, such as unusually high or low temperatures, and severe winds pose a threat to people and properties in cities. Managing the risk caused by these events requires effective climate adaptation policies to strengthen urban resilience to climate-related stresses. Simulation tools are needed for this purpose. In this work, an integrated CityFFD and CityBEM platform is used to study two extreme weather events in Montreal, Canada: the snow-storm of the century, and the urban heat island (UHI) in a hot summer day. CityFFD simulates local urban microclimate of a city to find the most vulnerable areas at extreme weather events, which are then used for the calculation of building thermal loads and indoor air temperatures using the CityBEM. The results show that integrated framework can produce high-resolution microclimate and building behavior under extreme weather events.

Citation: 2019 Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, Extended Abstracts

Product Details

Published:

2019

Number of Pages:

3

Units of Measure:

Dual

File Size:

1 file , 1.3 MB

Product Code(s):

D-KC-19-A011