Thailand committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals to increase urban livability and reduce energy use in the building sector. However, the design information to achieve those challenge goals has been undefined. This study aimed to investigate and examine potential improvements for outdoor thermal comfort and energy efficiency in 136 designs of the two-type residential cluster in Pathum Thani, Thailand, via designs of building orientation, geometry and window-to-wall ratio (WWR). The daily cooling energy consumption in residential clusters was performed using eQuest under the modified weather data from the prior microclimate analysis. The energy-saving scenarios were calculated and compared to the acceptable outdoor thermal comfort hours. It is found that the row house cluster had the potential to be more sustainable than a single house. The row house clusters on orthogonal street orientation offered the highest percentage of hours in outdoor thermal comfort of 46% and energy efficiency below the new standard of Thailand. The cooling energy savings through increasing H/W with lowering WWR was up to 32%. This study’s results could provide urban planners and architects with the new design guidelines and improvement potentials to make cities more energy efficient and environmentally friendly for outdoor living in Thailand.

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在炎热的夏天，住宅群设计和潜在的改进，以实现最大的能源性能和室外热舒适

泰国致力于实现可持续发展目标，以增加城市宜居性并减少建筑部门的能源使用。但是，实现这些挑战目标的设计信息尚未定义。这项研究旨在通过建筑物的方向，几何形状和窗墙比（WWR）设计，调查和检验泰国Pathum Thani的两类住宅集群的136个设计在室外热舒适性和能源效率方面的潜在改进。在先前的小气候分析得出的修改后的天气数据下，使用eQuest执行了住宅集群中的每日制冷能耗。计算出节能方案，并将其与可接受的室外热舒适时间进行比较。发现联排别墅群比单栋房屋具有更大的可持续性。正交街道上的联排别墅群在室外热舒适度方面提供了最高的小时百分比，为46％，其能源效率低于泰国的新标准。通过增加H / W并降低WWR，可节省的冷却能源高达32％。这项研究的结果可以为城市规划者和建筑师提供新的设计指南和改进潜力，以使城市在泰国的户外生活中更加节能和环保。通过增加H / W并降低WWR，可节省的冷却能源高达32％。这项研究的结果可以为城市规划者和建筑师提供新的设计指南和改进潜力，以使城市在泰国的户外生活中更加节能和环保。通过增加H / W并降低WWR，可节省的冷却能源高达32％。这项研究的结果可以为城市规划者和建筑师提供新的设计指南和改进潜力，以使城市在泰国的户外生活中更加节能和环保。