Retroreflecting materials to evaluate the effects on Urban Heat Island

Dear all,

I am working on understanding the potential of using retroreflecting materials, insted of normal materials, for the mitigation of the problem of Urban Heat Island. Do you have any suggestions about a possible workflow? Is there the possibility to set a retroreflecting materials with honeybee?

Best,

Angelo

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Permalink Reply by Sarith Subramaniam on April 15, 2017 at 1:55pm

I can't talk about the EnergyPlus side of things, but as far as radiation studies with Radiance are concerned, retroreflection isn't supported at present. Just out of curiosity, are you planning on using these materials to direct radiation back into the sky?

Permalink Reply by Angelo Figliola on April 17, 2017 at 1:22am

Hi Sarith,

Yep, I am planning to use the retrorefletting materials (able to direct the sun rays back to the sky) to understand the effects on Urban Heat Island phenomenon. Right now, I have no idea how to implement this in grasshopper using ladybug and honeybee.

Angelo

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