Development and application of urban cooling model considering plant shape

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22580030
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Horticulture/Landscape architecture
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: HONJO Tsuyoshi 千葉大学, 大学院・園芸学研究科, 教授 (60173655)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Keywords: シミュレーション / パッシブ冷却 / ヒートアイランド / 壁面緑化 / 屋上緑化 / 植 物モデル / 熱収支 / 都市モデル

Research Abstract

Rooftop and vertical green wall is one of the effective methods for mitigating the urban heat island. In this study, energy balance of the rooftop and vertical green wall are measured and based on the measurement, simulation model that can consider various types of plant shape was developed. The model was improved to estimate the measured energy balance correctly. With the model, cooling load of various greening method in summer and effect of green on energy conservation can be estimated.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Visualization with Google Earth and Gaming Engine, In proceeding of Plant (2011)
  • Author(s): Wang, DH., Honjo, T., Hsieh, HC., Chiang, YJ., Wu, CS. and Yang, PA.
  • Journal Title: Growth Modeling and Applications, 2012 PMA '12 Pages: 426-430
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Landscape Simulation and Visualization on Google Earth (2011)
  • Author(s): Honjo, T., Umeki K., Wang,DH., Yang, PA. and Hsieh, HC.
  • Journal Title: The international Journal of Virtual Reality Volume: 10(2) Pages: 11-15
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Size structure spatial patterns, and tree height-diameter relationship of the dominant species in a natural Pinus-Cunninghamia forest in Anhui,China (2010)
  • Author(s): Cheng, X., Umeki, K. and Honjo, T.
  • Journal Title: Papers on Environmental Information Science Volume: No.24 Pages: 49-54
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Simulation of energy balance of vertical green wall, ICUC8 - 8th International Conference on Urban Climates (2012)
  • Author(s): Honjo T., Umeki K., Hirota R.and Toba K.
  • Organizer: 6th-10th August, 2012
  • Place of Presentation: University College Dublin, Ireland.
  • Year and Date: 20120000
• [Presentation] 2012:緑化壁面の熱伝導の解析 (2012)
  • Author(s): 廣田陸,鳥羽響子,岡野達彦,本條毅,梅木清,三浦竜一,山本耕平,並河康一,眞家道博,塩原孝英,今野英山
  • Organizer: 日本農業気象学会,2012年全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪府立大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-03-14
• [Presentation] 2011:壁面緑化の熱的効果と測定シミュレーョン (2011)
  • Author(s): 鳥羽響子,岡野達彦,廣田陸,本條毅,梅木清,三浦竜一,山本耕平,並河康一,眞家道博,塩原孝英,今野英山
  • Organizer: 関東の農業気象
  • Place of Presentation: 茨城県つくば市文科省研究交流センター
  • Year and Date: 2011-12-09
• [Presentation] 2011:緑化 壁面の熱的特性 (2011)
  • Author(s): 鳥羽響子,岡野達彦,廣田 陸,本條 毅, 梅木 清,三浦竜一,山本耕平,並河康一, 眞家道博,塩原孝英,今野英山
  • Organizer: 日本造園学会関東支部会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-10-15