Creating Cooler Cities: Landscape Architects Leading Climate Adaptation through Urban Green Planning
Advancing Climate-Responsive Landscape Design and Microclimate Analysis with ENVI-met Software
Landscape architects play a critical role in understanding the dynamic relationship between humans and nature when designing outdoor environments. With rising temperatures, more frequent extreme weather events, and changing precipitation patterns, landscape architects are at the forefront of climate change mitigation and adaptation.
By incorporating green infrastructure into urban design, landscape architects can foster thermally comfortable urban climates in the face of global warming. ENVI-met offers advanced analysis tools that simulate the intricate interactions between plant physiology and the local microclimate. Furthermore, ENVI-met enables the assessment of the thermal comfort impact of water in its various forms, facilitating the development of optimal design solutions.
ENVI-met Software Features: Empowering Accurate Microclimate Simulation and Analysis
Enhancing Sustainable Design and Climate-Responsive Urban Planning: Empowering Landscape Architects 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 Business License
for commercial use
Commercial use
Professional technical support
Service releases are included
Multi-year discount
All products are delivered electronically.