Urban buildings' design impacts microclimate, leading to location-specific thermal performance variations.
The type of buildings and the climate around them affect how hot or cold they get. Urban areas have different climates than rural areas because of things like human activity and building shapes. A system called Local Climate Zones (LCZ) helps classify these differences. In this study, they looked at three different types of urban areas and how their buildings affect the local climate. They found that the angle of the sun, surface materials, and building height all play a big role in how hot or cold it gets. They also measured how much heat buildings in different urban areas give off. They found that buildings in medium-density areas release more heat than those in high or low-density areas. This shows that where a building is located affects how well it keeps heat in or lets it out.