Title :
Ray tracing to predict insolation in urban environment
Author :
Vitucci, Enrico M. ; Degli-Esposti, Vittorio ; Capriotti, Leo
Author_Institution :
CIRI ICT-Center of Ind. Res. on ICT, Univ. of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
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 and, therefore, to estimate the overall energy efficiency of an urban area.
Keywords :
atmospheric radiation; atmospheric temperature; geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; thermal pollution; building facades; heat energy; ray tracing algorithm; solar captators; solar energy; solar radiation; urban environment; urban environments; urban heat islands; Atmospheric modeling; Buildings; Energy efficiency; Ray tracing; Solar heating; Solar radiation; Urban areas; Energy efficiency; Photo-Voltaic panels; Ray Tracing; Solar radiation; Urban environment;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352279
