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Dr Chao YUAN
Collaborator
Dr Chao Yuan is Presidential Young Professor at the Department of Architecture, NUS. He is the founder and Principal Investigator of the NUS Urban Climate Design Lab. His research interests focus on climate-sensitive urban planning and design for sustainable, resilient cities. His research topics cover urban wind environment, traffic-related and transboundary air pollution, anthropogenic heat, passive cooling technologies, and urban greenery. His goal is to support and develop practical planning and design. Dr Yuan collaborates with MIT and ETH Zurich and leads the Climate Resilience in High-Density Cities module as part of the Future Resilient Systems programme (SEC). He serves as Associate Editor for Urban Climate (Elsevier) and Editorial Board Member of Landscape and Urban Planning (Elsevier). His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals, and book chapters, as well as a self-authored book.
Singapore - NUS
Researchers
HD4
Research Interest
Key Publications
Google Scholar Link
C. Yuan et al., “Multilayer urban canopy modelling and mapping for traffic pollutant dispersion at high density urban areas,” Science of the Total Environment, vol. 647, pp. 255–267, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.409.
A. Adelia, C. Yuan, L. Liu and R. Shan, “Effects of urban morphology on anthropogenic heat dispersion in tropical high-density residential areas,” Energy and Buildings, vol. 186, pp. 368–383, 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2019.01.026.
C. Yuan, R. Zhu, S. Tong, S. Mei and W. Zhu, “Impact of anthropogenic heat from air-conditioning on air temperature of naturally ventilated apartments at high-density tropical cities,” Energy and Buildings, vol. 268, p. 112 171, 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112171.
S.-J. Mei and C. Yuan, “Analytical and numerical study on transient urban street air warming induced by anthropogenic heat emission,” Energy and Buildings, vol. 231, p. 110 613, 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110613.
Y. He, C. Yuan, C. Ren, W. Wang, Y. Shi and E. Ng, “Urban ventilation assessment with improved vertical wind profile in high-density cities – investigations in nighttime extreme heat,” Building and Environment, vol. 216, p. 109 018, 2022. doi; 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109018.