Summer Thermal Environment Measurement and Analysis of Subtropical Campus

Abstract:

In subtropical areas of China, air temperature and relative humidity were relatively high in summer, as well as the solar radiation. In the university campus, students are relatively concentrated and have more outdoor activities. Hot and humid weather conditions may cause students uncomfortable and even heat stroke. Therefore, the influences of landscape design on thermal environment should be taken into account in the process of campus planning. In this paper, the field measurement of outdoor air temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity, heat radiation and integrated hot environmental indicator namely wet bulb global temperature were carried out around the Dong Lake in South China University of Technology in typical summer days. The impacts of design methods of water, tree, grass and floor on thermal environment were analyzed.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 71-78)
• Pages: 4440-4443
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.71-78.4440
• Online since: July 2011
• Authors: Lei Zhang, Qing Lin Meng
• Keywords: Field Measurement, Subtropical Area, Summer Thermal Environment

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