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Overview

David J. Sailor is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields and addresses a range of environmental and engineering challenges.

The main fields of their study are Environmental Science and Engineering. Within these areas, their subfields include Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Building and Construction, Speech and Hearing, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies

Recent publications provide insight into their research contributions over the past several years. Notable papers include:

  • "Cooling hot cities: a systematic and critical review of the numerical modelling literature" (2021) published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Photovoltaics in the built environment: A critical review" (2021) published in Energy and Buildings
  • "The impact of urban form on outdoor thermal comfort in hot arid environments during daylight hours, case study: New Aswan" (2020) published in Building and Environment
  • "Evidence-based guidance on reflective pavement for urban heat mitigation in Arizona" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "The relative role of solar reflectance and thermal emittance for passive daytime radiative cooling technologies applied to rooftops" (2020) published in Sustainable Cities and Society

The venues where they frequently publish include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Building and Environment
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • International Journal of Biometeorology

David J. Sailor collaborates regularly with several coauthors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Deepak Amaripadath
  • Jyothis Anand
  • Amir Baniassadi
  • Peter J. Crank
  • Hatem Mahmoud

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • The integrated WRF/urban modelling system: development, evaluation, and applications to urban environmental problems

    Fei Chen;Hiroyuki Kusaka;Robert Bornstein;Jason Ching

  • A green roof model for building energy simulation programs

    David J. Sailor

  • Public Perception of Climate Change. Voluntary Mitigation and Barriers to Behavior Change

    Jan C. Semenza;David E. Hall;Daniel J. Wilson;Brian D. Bontempo

  • Mitigation of urban heat islands: materials, utility programs, updates

    Arthur H. Rosenfeld;Hashem Akbari;Sarah Bretz;Beth L. Fishman

  • A top-down methodology for developing diurnal and seasonal anthropogenic heating profiles for urban areas

    David J. Sailor;Lu Lu

  • A review of methods for estimating anthropogenic heat and moisture emissions in the urban environment

    David J. Sailor

  • Quantifying the influence of land-use and surface characteristics on spatial variability in the urban heat island

    Melissa A. Hart;David J. Sailor

  • Sensitivity of electricity and natural gas consumption to climate in the U.S.A.—Methodology and results for eight states

    David J. Sailor;J.Ricardo Muñoz

  • Using building energy simulation and geospatial modeling techniques to determine high resolution building sector energy consumption profiles

    Shem Heiple;David J. Sailor

  • Modeling the impacts of anthropogenic heating on the urban climate of Philadelphia: a comparison of implementations in two PBL schemes

    Hongli Fan;David J. Sailor

  • Climate and more sustainable cities: climate information for improved planning and management of cities (producers/capabilities perspective)

    C.S.B. Grimmond;Matthias Roth;Tim R. Oke;Y. C. Au

  • Air conditioning market saturation and long-term response of residential cooling energy demand to climate change

    D.J Sailor;A.A Pavlova

  • Relating residential and commercial sector electricity loads to climate : evaluating state level sensitivities and vulnerabilities

    David J Sailor

  • Simulated Urban Climate Response to Modifications in Surface Albedo and Vegetative Cover

    David J. Sailor

  • Public perception and behavior change in relationship to hot weather and air pollution

    Jan C. Semenza;Daniel J. Wilson;Jeremy Parra;Brian D. Bontempo

  • Modeling impacts of roof reflectivity, integrated photovoltaic panels and green roof systems on sensible heat flux into the urban environment

    Adam Scherba;David J. Sailor;Todd N. Rosenstiel;Carl C. Wamser

  • Impact of tree locations and arrangements on outdoor microclimates and human thermal comfort in an urban residential environment

    Qunshan Zhao;David J. Sailor;Elizabeth A. Wentz

  • Climate change implications for wind power resources in the Northwest United States

    David J. Sailor;Michael Smith;Melissa Hart

  • Micrometeorological simulations to predict the impacts of heat mitigation strategies on pedestrian thermal comfort in a Los Angeles neighborhood

    Mohammad Taleghani;David J. Sailor;George A. Ban-Weiss

  • Anthropogenic Heat and Moisture Emissions in the Urban Environment

    David J. Sailor

Frequent Co-Authors

George Ban-Weiss
George Ban-Weiss University of Southern California
Haider Taha
Haider Taha Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Christine Wiedinmyer
Christine Wiedinmyer University of Colorado Boulder
Ariane Middel
Ariane Middel Arizona State University
Laurence S. Kalkstein
Laurence S. Kalkstein University of Miami
Alberto Martilli
Alberto Martilli Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
C. S. B. Grimmond
C. S. B. Grimmond University of Reading
Charles L. Redman
Charles L. Redman Arizona State University
Heidi Asbjornsen
Heidi Asbjornsen University of New Hampshire
Laurie E. Drinkwater
Laurie E. Drinkwater Cornell University

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