Dr.KomiBedra

Abstract: Numerous studies have explored the impact of urban morphology and geometry on outdoor thermal comfort, intending to provide practical guidelines for urban designers. However, research findings have been inconsistent, in part due to differences in the climatic settings and the investigated heat-stress indicators. This study proposes a parametric-simulation framework to observe the behavior of thermal comfort according to the possible combinations of building density (BD), street aspect ratio (AR), and orientation. Conducted specifically under a hot-and-humid tropical-savanna summer condition, the study found that building density and aspect ratio were negatively correlated to the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), with R2 coefficients of 0.99 and 0.91, respectively. The UTCI was improved by a 1.0 °C per 10% increase in BD and by a 1.02 °C per unit of AR increase. The performance of street orientation was significantly influenced by wind direction, and strong inter-influen...

Social classes are a real thing, that's for sure. It's perceptible in many ways (from clothes to transportation, including the little gadgets different people use daily). And yet, I wasn't quite expecting this in a classroom; It just came hilarious to me, as if someone said: take this hard thing away, I want to sit on a real chair. Take a Look! By Komi B.Bedra December 23, 2023

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I find deep motivation for what I do, no matter how small the contribution, in the idea well encapsulated by this quote from the Australian politician Moses Henry Cass  (18 February 1927 – 26 February 2022): " We have not inherited this earth from our parents to do with it what we will. We have borrowed it from our children and we must be careful to use it in their interests as well as our own . Anyone who fails to recognize the basic validity of the proposition put in different ways by increasing numbers of writers, from Malthus to The Club of Rome, is either ignorant, a fool, or evil" [1].              Cass in 1970  (Public Domain) Reference: [1] 1975, Australian Government Digest, Volume 2, Number 4, (1 October 1974 – 31 December 1974), (Text of speech on Environmental Policy given by Dr. Moses Henry Cass, Minister for the Environment and Conservation for Australia, Speech was delivered on November 13, 1974 at the Ministerial Mee...

Abstract: Though building-scale energy demand and indoor thermal comfort have been extensively covered by recent studies, the automation of middle- and larger-scale outdoor microclimate evaluation in parametric design is less covered. The relatively slow computation and the need for sophisticated expertise are some of the current issues. This paper proposes a Rhino–Grasshopper custom script to automatically compute spatial indicators for a quick thermal comfort estimation. The Galapagos evolutionary algorithm is used to optimize thermal comfort and select the best combinations of spatial indicators. In a summer case study located in Shantou, China, the proposed workflow was three times faster than a non-automated indicator calculation in ArcGIS, while the optimization method achieved 25% to 33% reduction in land areas under extreme heat stress. This automated process applies to existing states and new urban designs. It is adaptable to customized prediction models under different climat...