STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN APPROACH USING THE HEAT BALANCE SIMULATION TOOL IN COLD REGIONS

Abstract

This research studies the application of the evaluation technique of thermal comfort in the outer spaces of urban areas, focusing on thermal environment evaluation indexes, i.e. HIP, MRT and thermal storage (thermal insulation), to the heat balance simulation tool in cold regions in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, climatically characterized by extreme cold and dry where urbanization is rapidly spreading. In addition, the research presents whether the environmental design of city blocks using the heat balance simulation tool in cold regions will help restrain the consumption of resources and reduce environmental burdens, and the methodology and the concept of creating living environments.This paper reports the research frame and technique to apply the heat balance simulation tool, which was developed as a design support and environmental design tool mainly for reducing the heat island effect and cooling the city, to the cold regions, the results of a field survey on the information about buildings and the surface of the ground, and the collection and preparation of data required to perform heat balance simulations.