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RE: Building a cheap and energy-efficient smarter house by understanding basic science
Your wind analysis at the top of your post made me think of this:
I once learned that the smaller trees on the edges of the forests protect the larger trees in the interior from high winds. Tree size goes from small to medium to large as you go to the interior.
So it seems that cities that can break up high winds might be helpful for reducing wind loads and thermal energy losses.
Yes, and it does. I live at the edge of Bucharest, next to a lake, so no protection from the Northern winds. In the city, there are always 5 degrees Celsius more than I have here, despite a distance of only 5-6 km to the city center. Winter or summer, it is the same, a few more degrees in the city. But the city is polluted and there are not enough parks and it has the most intense traffic in Europe, so I wouldn't like to live in the middle of it. Plus, the cost of a house in the city would also be prohibitive.