FRS invites you for a guest lecture, details as follows:

Time: 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Location: Value Lab Asia, SEC, Level 6 CREATE building (in-person)
Topic: Climate Modelling to Assure Resilience

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jan Carmeliet

Talk 1: Computational fluid dynamics for the assessment of urban climate, wind comfort and wind driven rain in the built environment
(30 mins + 15 mins Q&A)
We first give an overview of recent advances in modeling turbulent wind flow at pedestrian-level in the built environment. Then we present a multiscale urban microclimate model including vegetation, and apply the model to design and assess different heatwave mitigation measures. Since cities are being densified, we study the wind comfort around high-rise buildings and the beneficial effect of trees. Finally, we discuss the modelling of wind driven rain (WDR) on complex building groups and suggest new methods to assess WDR in a changing climate.

Talk 2: Changing urban climate and impact on building physics
(30 mins + 15 mins Q&A)
Over the last decades, the impact of climate change on the urban climate and building performance of buildings has been of increasing interest. In this keynote lecture, different approaches ranging from full physical modeling to engineering methods will be presented to take into account the urban climate. We analyze the urban climate at city scale and focus on the synergetic impact of urban heat islands and heatwaves on building cooling energy demand. We focus on the design of mitigation scenarios for urban overheating during heatwaves, first analyzing large scale scenarios on city scale, followed by local mitigation scenarios using vegetation, water spraying and enhanced night ventilation for neighborhoods undergoing densification.