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Abstract
In recent years, the assessing of buildings energy performance in cities has relied not only on building attributes but also on urban elements such as block form, urban canyon, vegetation, and blue spaces (refers to water features). Approaches like Urban Building Energy Modeling (UBEM), developed to examine urban energy performance, have not given adequate consideration to the impact of urban elements on microclimate parameters consequently energy consumption.
As a result, the primary aim of the research is to provide new methods for urban planners and architects to use in the initial phases of planning and design processes to improve urban building energy performance by focusing on the effect of urban elements on urban energy performance as a new input data in UBEM methodology.
An updated reference matrix was constructed by analyzing various prior studies that investigated the effect of urban elements on microclimate parameters as well as the impact of microclimate parameters on building energy performance. Then, the matrix clearly displays the indirect influence of urban elements on urban energy performance.
Although the reference matrix approved that there is impact of blue spaces and vegetation on energy consumption, there are no research have studied this indirect impact. So that, UBEM work flow was updated according to the reference matrix and applied with eight proposed alternatives with different distribution patterns and percentages by researcher for two urban elements (blue spaces and vegetation).
The research showed that blue spaces can decrease energy consumption to 10.572 khw/year, while vegetation able to increase in electricity consumption amounted to 6,812 khw/year. This research highlighted new technology for stakeholders, planners, and architects to enhance the urban energy performance of new urban areas.