built environment

In Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, Mark Lynas describes possible world scenarios as global temperatures rise. The central region of Brazil, where Brasília is located, will suffer major changes in its microclimate.Brasília's built environment has already provided a comfortable indoor and outdoor condition through planned urban design and vegetation.

In naturally ventilated environments, indoor temperatures are directly related to the air circulation and conditions of the built environment. Taking natural ventilation as an important comfort source, our aim in this work is to evaluate the design plan interference - in this case, wall shape - on the potential of indoor air circulation to a specific building environment. Indoor air circulation improvements for some simple wall modifications to the original specific plan are analyzed.