Climate-Responsive Cities: Building Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
Creating Sustainable and Healthy Urban Environments with ENVI-met
Cities and metropolitan regions around the world are experiencing the profound impacts of climate change. The urban heat island effect, in particular, is projected to intensify in the coming decades due to rapid urbanization. However, these critical factors are often overlooked in urban planning strategies.
Rather than being solely part of the problem, cities have the potential to be part of the solution. ENVI-met empowers urban planners and municipalities at all design scales to develop climate-friendly cities and metropolitan areas that prioritize the well-being of their residents. This powerful software enables the analysis of how buildings and vegetation influence the urban climate, facilitating the evaluation of solutions to enhance quality of life and foster sustainable urban environments.
ENVI-met Software Features: Advancing Microclimate Simulation and Analysis for Cities
City-Focused Capabilities: Enhancing Sustainable Design and Climate-Responsive Urban Planning with ENVI-met
Solar analysis
Shadow casting
Three-dimensional solar and shadow simulations
Reflection analysis
Complex calculation of multiple reflections in the model environment
High-resolution module
Dynamic boundary conditions for the analysis of building physics
Pollutant dispersion
Air pollutants
Analysis of dispersion, transformation and deposition in urban areas
Holistic microclimate simulation
Pollutant dispersion modelling for the assessment of reactive and non-reactive gases under consideration of the microclimate
User-defined traffic emission profiles
Pollutant analysis based on customizable vehicle fleet emission factors
Building physics
Façade temperatures
High-resolution simulation of façade and wall temperatures in direct interaction with the urban climate as well as estimation of building energy consumption
Exchange processes with green roofs and façades
High-resolution modeling of vegetated surfaces and their substrates, including heat and moisture transfer, as well as their interactions with the building
Green & Blue Technologies
Vegetation modeling
Simulation of evapotranspiration, CO₂ intake and leaf temperature based on photosynthetic rate
Green wall modeling
Calculation of the radiative transfer of the vegetation layer, considering substrate layers and wall structures
Water mist simulation
Simulation of the cooling effect of fine water spray on air temperature
Wind flow
Wind speed and patterns in complex environments
Simulation of three-dimensional wind and turbulence fields
Effects on the flow field
Estimation of wind conditions at each point in the model, considering vegetation, thermal conditions and local weather
Outdoor thermal comfort
Thermal Comfort Indices
Calculation of different stationary bioclimatological Indices such as Physiological Equivalent Temperature (PET), SET* or Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI).
Dynamic Thermal Comfort
Simulation of biometeorological Processes and Thermal Comfort of moving pedestrians considering the constantly changing microclimatological boundary conditions.
Vegetation Analysis
Simulation of wind stress and tree damage
Illustration of the risk of mechanical damage to the branch level
Tree Site Assessment
Comprehensive analysis of microclimate growing conditions for existing or planned tree locations
Humidity
Feedback analysis
Analysis of feedback between different “Green and Blue” technologies and the microclimate model
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ENVI-met City License
for the public sector
No commercial use
Professional technical support
Service releases are included
Multi-year discount
All products are delivered electronically.