A Ray Tracing (RT) algorithm has been developed to predict the amount of solar radiation incident on the façades of buildings in urban environments. Such algorithm can be used to estimate the amount of solar energy turned into heat energy which contributes to the Urban Heat Islands (UHI) effect, to evaluate the energy efficiency of solutions like solar captators or to estimate the overall energy efficiency of an urban area.
Ray Tracing to Predict Insolation in Urban Environment / E. M. Vitucci; V. Degli-Esposti; L. Capriotti. - STAMPA. - (2012), pp. 5848-5851. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2012) tenutosi a Munich, Germany nel 22-27 July, 2012) [10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352279].
Ray Tracing to Predict Insolation in Urban Environment
VITUCCI, ENRICO MARIA;DEGLI ESPOSTI, VITTORIO;CAPRIOTTI, LEO
2012
Abstract
A Ray Tracing (RT) algorithm has been developed to predict the amount of solar radiation incident on the façades of buildings in urban environments. Such algorithm can be used to estimate the amount of solar energy turned into heat energy which contributes to the Urban Heat Islands (UHI) effect, to evaluate the energy efficiency of solutions like solar captators or to estimate the overall energy efficiency of an urban area.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
