Tackling urban heat: How C‑ADAPT used microclimate simulation to improve thermal comfort in São Paulo

Simulating Urban Microclimates: The São Paulo Case Study

Are you ready to tackle urban heat islands and improve thermal comfort in your city?

Urban environments, especially in dense and peripheral areas, often face significant microclimatic challenges. As city planners and environmental agencies seek to implement effective green infrastructure strategies, it's crucial to understand how different interventions impact a city's microclimate.

In this expert-led session, we'll dive into a real-world case study from São Paulo, Brazil. We'll share how we partnered with the São Paulo City Environmental Agency to analyze a critical urban area using advanced microclimatic simulations. You'll learn about the innovative methodology we developed, the key findings from our study, and the actionable recommendations we provided to help the city create more resilient and comfortable urban spaces.

What You’ll Learn:

The São Paulo "Atlas of Temperatures" Project: An overview of the city's innovative urban environmental management tool and the motivations behind this specific case study.
Data-Driven Methodology: How we used a combination of local weather station data, EPW files, and a unique material database to create a highly accurate simulation model for a subtropical climate.
The Role of Vegetation vs. Structural Shading: A direct comparison of the microclimatic effects of green infrastructure (trees) and tensile membrane structures, including their impact on air temperature, mean radiant temperature, and thermal comfort during a heatwave.
Beyond the Simulation: How these findings directly informed the city's urban planning and risk mitigation strategies in a low-income, peripheral neighbourhood.

Who should attend the webinar:

Urban planners, architects, and designers interested in microclimatic analysis and green infrastructure.
Environmental consultants and researchers working on urban heat island mitigation.
City officials and environmental agency staff involved in urban planning and climate resilience projects.
Anyone interested in the practical application of microclimatic simulation tools like ENVI-met in real-world scenarios.

Guest Speaker

Carolina Gusson

Co-Founder, C-ADAPT | PhD | Architect and Urban Planner

Carolina Gusson is a co-founder of C-ADAPT, an organization she started in March 2021. She is a PhD and an architect and urban planner based in São Paulo, Brazil. Her research has focused on the impact of urbanization on urban microclimates and thermal comfort. She holds a PhD and a master's degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo (USP). During her research, she worked with the ENVI-met tool for urban microclimate simulation while at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, from April to July 2013.

Paula Shinzato

Co-Founder, C-ADAPT | Environmental Consultant | Postdoctoral Researcher at FAUUSP

Paula Shinzato is a co-founder of C-ADAPT and an environmental consultant in São Paulo, Brazil. She co-founded C-ADAPT in March 2021, focusing on climate adaptation strategies for people in open spaces with an emphasis on environmental comfort. In addition to her work at C-ADAPT, she is also a postdoctoral researcher at the University of São Paulo (FAUUSP). Her research topics include climate change, extreme climate events, and nature-based solutions. She has a PhD from the University of São Paulo in Architecture and Urbanism, with a focus on Environmental Studies and Urban Vegetation Impact. Her PhD work aimed to quantify the impact of vegetation on urban microclimates.

Host

Ioannis Nevrokoplis

Business Development Engineer, One Click LCA

Ioannis Nevrokoplis helps sustainability and design professionals connect urban microclimate simulation with data-driven design workflows. At One Click LCA, he supports the ENVI-met community in applying scientific environmental modelling to meet performance targets in urban resilience, thermal comfort, and low-carbon planning. With a technical background in building engineering and environmental physics, he works closely with AEC firms, cities, and researchers to enable evidence-based decision-making from early-stage design to detailed analysis.

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