Trees positioning around buildings for solar control in hot arid climate

the use of vegetation has an impotant rule in modifing the microclimate of  buildings ,this is achieved by reducing the effeect of solar radiation , in this work the effect of the distance between the the trees and buildings , the  type of trees is studied for preparing a guidelines for the landscape designer  for the appropriate relative posioning between builsings and trees for best shading efficiency for vertical walls with different orientations and roof  

  • Website : http://
  • Project start : 2011
  • Project end : 2011
  • Contact Person : Ahmed Alomary