This study quanti"es the contribution through energy consumption, to the heat island phenomena and discussed how reductions in energy consumption could mitigate impacts on the urban thermal environment. Very detailed maps of anthropogenic heat in Tokyo were drawn with data from energy statistics and a very detailed digital geographic land use data set including the number of stories of building at each grid point. Animated computer graphics of the annual and diurnal variability in Tokyo’s anthropogenic heat were also prepared with the same data sources. These outputs characterize scenarios of anthropogenic heat emission and can be applied to a numerical simulation model of the local climate. The anthropogenic heat #ux in central Tokyo exceeded 400 W m~2 in daytime, and the maximum value was 1590 W m~2 in winter. The hot water supply in o$ces and hotels contributed 51% of this 1590 W m~2. The anthropogenic heat #ux from the household sector in the suburbs reached about 30 W m~2 at night. Numerical simulations of urban climate in Tokyo were performed by referring to these maps. A heat island appeared evident in winter because of weakness of the sea breeze from Tokyo Bay. At 8 p.m., several peaks of high-temperature appeared, around Otemachi, Shinjuku and Ikebukuro; the areas with the largest anthropogenic heat #uxes. In summer the shortwave radiation was strong and the in#uence of anthropogenic heat was relatively small. In winter, on the other hand, the shortwave radiation was weak and the in#uence of anthropogenic heat was relatively large. The e!ects of reducing energy consumption, by 50% for hot water supply and 100% for space cooling, on near surface air temperature would be at most !0.53C. ( 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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