Building resilience to overheating into 1960's UK hospital buildings within the constraint of the national carbon reduction target: Adaptive strategies

Short, C. Alan; Lomas, Kevin J.; Giridharan, Renganathan; Fair, Alistair

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.02.031

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“…The work was part of the EPSRC/ARCC-funded project 'Design and Delivery of Robust Hospital Environments in a Changing Climate' (DeDeRHECC) in which, altogether, 111 spaces in nine hospital buildings across four hospital trust were monitored [18][19][20][21][22][23]. This paper adds to this body of knowledge, by specifically quantifying the energy demands of a well-insulated, thermally lightweight, pre-fabricated, modular healthcare building but also highlighting the serious risk of overheating intrinsic to this form of construction.…”

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Hospital wards and modular construction: Summertime overheating and energy efficiency

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Building and Environment

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Hospital wards and modular construction: Summertime overheating and energy efficiency

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“…The performance of Addenbrookes tower has been presented elsewhere. 2 This paper focuses on the Rosie Maternity Hospital, representative of a recurrent 1970s NHS hospital-type building.…”

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A medium-rise 1970s maternity hospital in the east of England: Resilience and adaptation to climate change

Short

Giridharan

Lomas

2015

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

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The late 1970s design for the Rosie Maternity Hospital on the Addenbrookes campus in Cambridge is a recurring type across the UK National Health Service, a framed three-storey courtyard configuration in brick masonry. It was selected as a case study project for the 'Design and Delivery of Robust Hospitals in a Changing Climate' project, pursuing the methodology developed for that research. Temperature data were collected in representative spaces within the hospital, over a two-year period. These revealed overheating in mild conditions relative to an observed 24 C threshold for sleep but concealed within the customary 28 C threshold marking the upper limit of acceptable conditions. The building was modelled using current climate data to predict 2010 conditions. The model was then calibrated against the observed 2010 data and used to predict the likely internal temperatures in current and 2030s. The results indicated an increase in peak temperatures. Four adaptive intervention schemes were subsequently developed: an 'enlightened' industry standard 'Passivhaus'-type option providing superinsulation, sealed glazing and heat recovery; a lower technology-based scheme promoting natural cross-ventilation by providing greater opening glazing area, opening up the plan, sunshading and additional insulation; an enhanced natural ventilation scheme glazing over the courtyards to provide supply air winter gardens, and an advanced natural ventilation option pursuing passive downdraught cooling. All four schemes were modelled using the projected current and 2030s weather data and their performance was compared. The schemes were fully costed to yield relative 'value for money' guidance to National Health Service Trusts. Practical application: The Heat wave Plan for England 2014 warns National Health Service (NHS) organisations of the risks to patients, particularly the very young, the elderly and the seriously ill, from extreme summer heat events.1 The Chief Medical Officer in her introduction challenges each NHS locality to plan well in advance of hot spells, as appropriate. This paper describes the likely extent of overheating risk and a series of potential adaptation plans for a recurring NHS hospital building type. As a consequence, estates and facilities decision makers in NHS organisations and Public Health England officers

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“…However, case studies of individual buildings to date enable the significant factors that influence the scale and direction of change to be identified (e.g. Chow and Levermore, 2010;Du et al, 2012;Jentsch et al, 2008;Lomas and Ji, 2009;Patidar et al, 2014;Short et al, 2012). Their findings are described in more detail below.…”

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The impacts of climate change on UK energy demand

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The impacts of climate change on the energy system are diverse; this article focuses on the potential effects on UK energy demand and the ramifications for national infrastructure building on the findings of the UK's 2012 Climate Change Risk Assessment. It reviews the available literature, where it exists, on the relationships among current energy demand, weather and climate change, and the implications for these relationships due to mitigation plans and potential adaptation responses. The review highlights the mechanisms by which future climate change, in particular changes in mean and extreme temperature, could affect the annual amount of UK energy demand and the seasonal, daily and spatial variation of the impacts. Published literature quantifying the effects of climate change on UK energy demand is limited; thus, where evidence is not available, information on the current relationship between weather and demand is combined with expert judgement to highlight potential demand responses to a changing climate without quantification. The impacts identified could have significant implications for the long-term planning of energy infrastructure and system operation and building design, depending on their magnitude, highlighting the need for further research in this area. (National Grid, 2014a). Historical relationships between economic growth and energy demand will likely be significantly altered by efforts to mitigate climate change as well as its inevitable impacts and our adaptation responses; thus, demand forecasters and those involved in infrastructure planning require an understanding of these ramifications for energy demand (McColl et al., 2012; National Grid, 2014a). Conor WalshParameters of demand considered here that are likely to be affected by climate change include (but are not limited to) the following: the size of annual energy demand, the size and timing of peak demand, the spatial distribution of demand and the sector affected (Chandramowli and Felder, 2014; ENA, 2011; National Grid, 2014a, 2014b, 2014c. These parameters of demand are among those considered when planning and managing energy infrastructure. The sizes of annual energy demand and peak demand influence the amount of supply and /or storage required, for example, the available capacity of electricity supply or the amount of gas and oil stored in the UK at any given time. The timing of peak demand influences planned maintenance and construction schedules and supply planning (ENA, 2011; National Grid, 2014b, 2014c. The regional distribution of demand influences the logistics of supply, including the topology and capacity of the electricity transmission and gas distribution networks (National Grid, 2014b, 2014c. In the case of electricity, the change in demand in urban against rural areas influences the effects seen by distribution network operators due to other confounding factors such as the urban heat island effect and the differences in network configuration (networked or radial) that service these areas (ENA, 2011). Finally, the s...

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Building resilience to overheating into 1960's UK hospital buildings within the constraint of the national carbon reduction target: Adaptive strategies

Cited by 66 publications

References 9 publications

Hospital wards and modular construction: Summertime overheating and energy efficiency

Hospital wards and modular construction: Summertime overheating and energy efficiency

A medium-rise 1970s maternity hospital in the east of England: Resilience and adaptation to climate change

The impacts of climate change on UK energy demand

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