Avoiding the Possible Impact of Climate Change on the Built Environment: The Importance of the Building’s Energy Robustness

Palme, Massimo; Isalgué, A.; Roura, Helena Coch

doi:10.3390/buildings3010191

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“…In building performance practice, it is imperative to secure reliable formatted multi-year weather files which have been prepared from reliable meteorological predictions to assess the energy performance and overheating risk in buildings [1][2][3][4][5].…”

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The Impact of Different Weather Files on London Detached Residential Building Performance—Deterministic, Uncertainty, and Sensitivity Analysis on CIBSE TM48 and CIBSE TM49 Future Weather Variables Using CIBSE TM52 as Overheating Criteria

Amoako-Attah

Bahadori-Jahromi

2016

Sustainability

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Though uncertainties of input variables may have significant implications on building simulations, they are quite often not identified, quantified, or included in building simulations results. This paper considers climatic deterministic, uncertainty, and sensitivity analysis through a series of simulations using the CIBSE UKCIP02 future weather years, CIBSE TM48 for design summer years (DSYs), and the latest CIBSE TM49 DSY future weather data which incorporates the UKCP09 projections to evaluate the variance and the impact of differing London future weather files on indoor operative temperature of a detached dwelling in the United Kingdom using the CIBSE TM52 overheating criteria. The work analyses the variability of comparable weather data set to identify the most influential weather parameters that contribute to thermal comfort implications for these dwellings. The choice of these weather files is to ascertain their differences, as their development is underpinned by different climatic projections. The overall pattern of the variability of the UKCIP02 and UKCP09 Heathrow weather data sets under Monte Carlo sensitivity consideration do not seem to be very different from each other. The deterministic results show that the operative temperatures of the UKCIP02 are slightly higher than those of UKCP09, with the UKCP09 having a narrow range of operative temperatures. The Monte Carlo sensitivity analysis quantified and affirmed the dry bulb and radiant temperatures as the most influential weather parameters that affect thermal comfort on dwellings.

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The Impact of Different Weather Files on London Detached Residential Building Performance—Deterministic, Uncertainty, and Sensitivity Analysis on CIBSE TM48 and CIBSE TM49 Future Weather Variables Using CIBSE TM52 as Overheating Criteria

Amoako-Attah

Bahadori-Jahromi

2016

Sustainability

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“…Climate change, both in terms of global heating and secondary effects (ocean levels, tsunamis, etc. ), can improve the risk of living in Antofagasta or in other towns that are developing their morphology in the same uncontrolled manner [30].…”

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A Critical Assessment and Projection of Urban Vertical Growth in Antofagasta, Chile

Palme

Ramírez

2013

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Vertical cities' growth is argument of discussion worldwide. Population increases and a better soil use are needed, in terms of efficiency and density, in many cities of the world. However, an excessive vertical growth seems to be harmful, especially near the green areas of midtowns. In this paper, the case of Antofagasta is studied. The paper studies different possible future evolutions searching for a bearable development, respecting the society needs and the environment. Parameters analyzed are: temperature, humidity, solar radiation, wind speed and direction in the studied area. Results show the impact of building growth in terms of overheating and wind reduction on the ground area studied. Additionally, the social impact of living in towers is also discussed in the paper, searching for better design in order to guarantee user's comfort, satisfaction and stimulation in their residences. Thermal, visual and acoustical effects produced by towers are considered in the critical evaluation of the Antofagasta city evolution. Part of this work relates to architectural workshop "energy and architecture" conducted by the authors at the School of Architecture of the Catholic University of the North (UCN) in 2012.

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“…The use of building energy modeling (BEM), therefore, seems a logical and necessary methodology to analyze the impact of future climate on building energy consumption. This approach consists of using computer-based tools to model and analyze building energy consumption, under different climate boundary conditions [29][30]. A recent study employed EnergyPlus to estimate building energy consumption, on a district level, under future climate sc enarios; however, this analysis was focused on one building model only, a small office [31].…”

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Modeling County-Level Energy Demands for Commercial Buildings due to Climate Variability with Prototype Building Simulations

Mendoza¹,

Bianchi²,

Thomas³

et al. 2019

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The building sector accounts for nearly 40% of total primary energy consumption in the U.S. and E.U. and 20% of worldwide delivered energy consumption. Climate projections predict an increase of average annual temperatures between 1.1-5.4°C by 2100. As urbanization is expected to continue increasing at a rapid pace, the energy consumption of buildings is likely to play a pivotal role in the overall energy budget. In this study we used EnergyPlus building energy models to estimate the future energy demands of commercial buildings in Salt Lake County, Utah, USA, using locally-derived climate projections. We found significant variability in the energy demand profiles when simulating the study buildings under different climate scenarios, based on the energy standard the building was designed to meet, with reductions ranging from 10% to 60% in natural gas consumption for heating and increases ranging from 10% to 30% in electricity consumption for cooling. A case study, using projected 2040 building stock, showed a weighted average decrease in heating energy of 25% and an increase of 15% in cooling energy. We also found that building standards between ASHRAE 90.1-2004 and 90.1-2016 play a comparatively smaller role than variation in climate scenarios on the energy demand variability within building types. Our findings underscore the large range of potential future building energy consumption which depend on climatic conditions, as well as building types and standards.

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Avoiding the Possible Impact of Climate Change on the Built Environment: The Importance of the Building’s Energy Robustness

Cited by 18 publications

References 10 publications

The Impact of Different Weather Files on London Detached Residential Building Performance—Deterministic, Uncertainty, and Sensitivity Analysis on CIBSE TM48 and CIBSE TM49 Future Weather Variables Using CIBSE TM52 as Overheating Criteria

The Impact of Different Weather Files on London Detached Residential Building Performance—Deterministic, Uncertainty, and Sensitivity Analysis on CIBSE TM48 and CIBSE TM49 Future Weather Variables Using CIBSE TM52 as Overheating Criteria

A Critical Assessment and Projection of Urban Vertical Growth in Antofagasta, Chile

Modeling County-Level Energy Demands for Commercial Buildings due to Climate Variability with Prototype Building Simulations

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