Investigating the impacts of a changing climate on the risk of overheating and energy performance for a UK retirement village adapted to the nZEB standards

Salem, Radwa; Bahadori-Jahromi, Ali; Mylona, Anastasia

doi:10.1177/0143624419844753

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“…They recommended that the interrelationship between glazing, shading, and ventilation (amongst other variables) need to be collectively evaluated at the planning stage to ensure the appropriate design of an effective management strategy. Salem et al [4] carried out the investigation on the impacts of a changing climate on the overheating risk and energy performance for a village in United Kingdom (UK) adapted to the nZEB standards. They found that the buildings would most likely experience severe overheating after retrofitting.…”

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Overheating risk of a typical Norwegian residential building retrofitted to higher energy standards under future climate conditions

Tian

Hrynyszyn

2020

E3S Web Conf.

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Heat waves had attacked Norway in 2018 and 2019. Residents in Norway experienced a very uncomfortable indoor environment in the summer of 2018 and 2019. Few publications on the overheating risk of a typical Norwegian residential building under future climate change conditions were found. The typical Norwegian residential building retrofitted according to the minimum Norwegian energy requirements in the Norwegian Building Act of 2010 (Pbl2010/TEK17) and the international EnerPHit Standard was modelled in this study. Overheating risk of the typical residential building was simulated by Energy Plus engine via Ladybug and Honeybee plugins based on the Grasshopper. Overheating hours of the studied rooms under present-day, the 2050s and the 2080s weather conditions were shown. Too good airtightness does increase the overheating risk of the building when retrofitted to higher energy standards. It was found in this study that better insulation does reduce the overheating hours of the bedrooms slightly. This may be caused by low g-value of the windows based on recommendation according to the EnerPHit Standard. Overheating should be paid more attention in term of the expected future climate conditions. These results can provide some references to the buildings retrofitted to high-performance buildings.

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Overheating risk of a typical Norwegian residential building retrofitted to higher energy standards under future climate conditions

Tian

Hrynyszyn

2020

E3S Web Conf.

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“…The introduction of "near zero-energy buildings" (NZEBs) by the Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD) (recast) in 2010 and the 2050 carbon budget, which led to a shift in the design paradigms within the construction industry across Europe, means that new and existing buildings are expected to be energy efficient [3][4][5].…”

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“…The basic concept behind the NZEB standard exacerbates the risk of overheating in homes under hotter weather conditions. Despite this, there is very little research and investigation regarding the issue and the potential of the wide-spread implementation of NZEB standards across Europe to compound the risk of overheating in buildings [3,6].…”

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Near Zero-Energy Buildings in Lebanon: The Use of Emerging Technologies and Passive Architecture

Omar

2020

Sustainability

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Architecture always aims to find solutions for problems around the world. One of the major trends at present relates to energy consumption and climate change. Construction is responsible for 18% of CO 2 emissions. However, continuing to use fuel as a main source of energy consumption for economic reasons, as it is the cheapest raw material and most easily available material for most of the Arab countries, results in a negative environmental impact on the quality of life in these countries. This paper investigates a new design concept and decision-supporting tools for zero-energy buildings. Based on critical thinking as a new mechanism to create a hierarchy of designing a building, the research presents the experience of the author in teaching architecture courses for postgraduates for five years (ARCH 662: Architecture Design and Decision-Supporting Tools and Arch 663: Advanced Sustainable Architecture). The result of this research could be new methodologies that help and guide the architect in creating more zero-energy buildings in their countries. In addition, the spread of knowledge in the future generation of architects in architecture schools will mean that new designers believe in protecting and taking care of their environment, which will increase awareness of environmental issues and improve the quality of life in these countries.

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“…Furthermore, Canada aims to reduce 50% of greenhouse gas emissions through building energy savings and green roof applications by the end of 2030 [6]. In order to respond to these policies and regulations related to zero-energy building, many studies have been conducted to estimate the effect of zero energy building constructions to the whole building stock and global climatic conditions [7][8][9]. Salem investigated the impact of zero energy building constructions on the built environment through simulations of zero-energy building standards to existing UK commercial and residential buildings [8].…”

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Sino-American Building Energy Standards Comparison and Recommendations towards Zero Energy Building

Zhang

Chen

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Building energy conservation has gained tremendous interest since the 1970s energy crisis. Building energy standards have been established as prescribed guidelines for energy savings in buildings worldwide, among which those from China and the United States of America (USA) are representative of their advanced concept, comprehensive content and prospective guidance. This paper collected and generalized the main building energy standards in China (GB50189, JGJ26, JGJ134 and JGJ75) and the USA (ASHRAE 90.1), in terms of updating history, current status, energy saving potential and future development directions. Furthermore, a qualitative and quantitative comparison of the selected standards was performed. The results show that China has a more intact and comprehensive building energy standard system, better implementation, higher improvement in energy saving rates, and a more perspicacious upgrade towards zero-energy target, which results in effective energy savings in buildings. The ASHRAE standards have more fixed chapter framework, integrity and independence between versions, more detailed classification of building envelope and HVAC systems but less effective energy-saving effect and relatively poor implementation. The actual efficiency of standards in building energy saving is synthetically determined by the standard content, efficient implementation and explicit guidelines for future development, which is achieved through four main procedures. Based on the results, recommendations have been proposed for the future development of building energy standards with the ultimate goal toward zero energy buildings.

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Investigating the impacts of a changing climate on the risk of overheating and energy performance for a UK retirement village adapted to the nZEB standards

Cited by 12 publications

References 23 publications

Overheating risk of a typical Norwegian residential building retrofitted to higher energy standards under future climate conditions

Overheating risk of a typical Norwegian residential building retrofitted to higher energy standards under future climate conditions

Near Zero-Energy Buildings in Lebanon: The Use of Emerging Technologies and Passive Architecture

Sino-American Building Energy Standards Comparison and Recommendations towards Zero Energy Building

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