ANALYSIS OF THE URBAN MICROCLIMATE AT LATITUDE 0º USING COMPUTER SIMULATION. CASE STUDY: ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING BLOCK ON UNIFAP'S MARCO ZERO CAMPUS

estudo de caso - bloco de arquitetura e engenharia civil no campus Marco Zero da UNIFAP

Abstract

The Federal University of Amapá (UNIFAP) located in the city of Macapá, in the extreme north of the Brazilian territory, exists as a public institution since the 1970s and over the years different buildings were built in different phases of infrastructure, but it is observed in the most current buildings the lack of an architecture suitable for the local climate, as is the case of the Architecture and Civil Engineering Block of the Marco Zero Campus of UNIFAP in November 2019.  For being located at latitude 0°, it is essential to use bioclimatic strategies suitable for the humid equatorial climate, as well as the analysis of the urban microclimate to provide favorable thermal conditions. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the urban microclimate of the Architecture and Civil Engineering Block (UNIFAP) in the hottest month of the year 2022 by modeling the actual scenario using computer simulation. As a method, a computer simulation is employed using the program ENVI-met 5.1.1 modeling the real scenario, and analyzing the data of air temperature, wind speed, relative humidity, solar radiation and PMV for the hottest month (November 19, 2022) according to the climatological norms of INMET at 9:00 am, 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm as recommended by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It was verified according to the data obtained the absence of mitigation measures such as the presence of green areas and materials used such as concrete and asphalt that end up raising the temperature and generating thermal discomfort to users.