Heat balance of urban ecosystem is a key point for the study of urban climate and micro- climate pat- tern and its change mechanism． Urban heat island effect is becoming increasingly serious，which is mainly caused by the change of the earth's surface cover and the anthropogenic heat release． In this study，the simula- tion experiment for the anthropogenic heat release was designed according to the heat balance principle． A set of buildings of miniature city were used to constitute the residential area，U grooves were applied to simulate the single building，and the fluorescent lamps in the U groove were regarded as the heat sources of the anthropoge- nic heat release． The simulation experiment was launched with long- short wave sun photometer，sonic anemo- thermometer and heat flow gauge in the experiment site． Then the net solar radiation，sensible heat flux and heat flux into the ground were determined． The quantities of the anthropogenic heat release were calculated based on the heat balance principle，and were compared with the theoretical power consumption of the fluores- cent lamps． The root mean square error (ＲMSE) of the simulation for the anthropogenic heat release reaches 0.078 W ·m^-2 ，a comparatively high precision，which showes that the anthropogenic heat release can be accu- rately determined through the simulation experiments． This study provided a scientific method for the purpose of monitoring the anthropogenic heat release．