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Temperature Disparity Comparisons for Campus Heat Vulnerabilities

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dc.contributor Wallace, David R.
dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
dc.creator Futami, Lauren
dc.date 2023-01-19T18:47:22Z
dc.date 2023-01-19T18:47:22Z
dc.date 2022-09
dc.date 2022-10-05T13:45:55.980Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-17T20:26:13Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-17T20:26:13Z
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147350
dc.identifier https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3979-2255
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242574
dc.description For the past several decades, planet Earth has experienced the detrimental effects of climate change like heightened temperatures, extreme weather, and wildlife loss, and to this day, still continues to experience these consequences. Because of this, people at various levels of society – global, country, state, city, community – need to prepare the next steps forward regarding how to live and build in this new and changing environment. In order to prepare, it becomes vital to learn and measure what and how the current ecosystem and landscape are reacting to climate change both for human comfort as well as more efficient energy usage. In this research, climate modules were built and distributed across MIT’s campus to measure air tem- perature, ground temperature, humidity, pressure, and light every three minutes over 24 hours. The campus temperatures were compared with established temperature measurements around the surrounding Cambridge city area as well as Boston Logan airport gathered by Weather Underground. Areas on MIT’s campus measured com- parable average temperatures throughout the 24 hour measurement intervals with the temperatures measured by Weather Underground, but recorded higher maximum temperatures experienced in the day. Within MIT’s campus, the climate modules also recorded varying temperatures, signaling that MIT’s campus does not have a holistic temperature, but rather disparate temperature readings depending on the surrounding area and materials. As a result, this research informs MIT’s future deci- sions on possibly energy allocation among existing buildings as well as planning for subsequent construction of new structures.
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dc.publisher Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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dc.title Temperature Disparity Comparisons for Campus Heat Vulnerabilities
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