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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Increasing urban tree cover is a common strategy to lower urban temperatures and
    indirectly the building energy demand for air-conditioning (AC). However, urban
    vegetation leads to increasing humidity with potential negative effects on the
    AC dehumidification loads in hot-humid climates, an effect that has so far been
    unexplored. Here, we included a building energy model into the urban ecohydrological
    model Urban Tethys-Chloris (UT&C-BEM) to quantify the AC energy reduction effects
    of trees in seven hot cities with varying background humidity. A numerical experiment
    was performed simulating various urban densities and tree cover scenarios in the
    city-climates of Riyadh, Phoenix, Dubai, New Delhi, Singapore, Lagos, and Tokyo.
    The relative contribution of tree shade, air temperature reduction, and humidity
    increase on the AC energy reduction was further quantified. We found that well-watered
    trees provide the largest average summer AC energy reduction of −17% in the hot-dry
    climate (Riyadh, Phoenix). As tree shade is the dominant factor leading to the
    AC energy reduction in all city-climates, humid cities also show an average summer
    AC energy reduction ranging from −6% to −9%. However, increasing humidity is affecting
    AC dehumidification loads, especially under higher ventilation rates in humid
    climates and in these cities, AC energy reduction is most efficient with up to
    40% tree cover. Additionally, we found that trees effectively reduce peak AC energy
    consumption due to higher shading effects in those hours. These results can inform
    urban planning strategies to maximize reduction in the AC energy demand using
    urban trees.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Naika
      foaf_name: Meili, Naika
      foaf_surname: Meili
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Xing
      foaf_name: Zheng, Xing
      foaf_surname: Zheng
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Yuya
      foaf_name: Takane, Yuya
      foaf_surname: Takane
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Ko
      foaf_name: Nakajima, Ko
      foaf_surname: Nakajima
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Kazuki
      foaf_name: Yamaguchi, Kazuki
      foaf_surname: Yamaguchi
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Dengkai
      foaf_name: Chi, Dengkai
      foaf_surname: Chi
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Yue
      foaf_name: Zhu, Yue
      foaf_surname: Zhu
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jing
      foaf_name: Wang, Jing
      foaf_surname: Wang
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Yeshan
      foaf_name: Qiu, Yeshan
      foaf_surname: Qiu
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Athanasios
      foaf_name: Paschalis, Athanasios
      foaf_surname: Paschalis
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Gabriele
      foaf_name: Manoli, Gabriele
      foaf_surname: Manoli
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Paolo
      foaf_name: Burlando, Paolo
      foaf_surname: Burlando
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Puay Yok
      foaf_name: Tan, Puay Yok
      foaf_surname: Tan
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Simone
      foaf_name: Fatichi, Simone
      foaf_surname: Fatichi
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6
  bibo_doi: 10.1029/2024ms004590
  bibo_issue: '3'
  bibo_volume: 17
  dct_date: 2025^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1942-2466
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: American Geophysical Union@
  dct_title: Modeling the effect of trees on energy demand for indoor cooling and
    dehumidification across cities and climates@
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