Abstract:In hot and humid regions of China, people experience great discomfort. Good ventilation improves human comfort by facilitating the discharge of heat in a region. None of the previous studies considered which scale is appropriate for the outdoor ventilation of building arrays, and the ventilation performance differs with the array size. Moreover, the building density has an upper limit in Chinese cities, and many studies overestimate this density. Based on these considerations, the neighborhood block is propose… Show more
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