Projecting the impact of climate change on design recommendations for residential buildings in Iran

Roshan, Gholamreza; Oji, Ruhollah; Attia, Shady

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.03.053

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“…The research methodology requires three sets of weather data [43] corresponding to the three investigated scenarios (Sc.1 1958, Sc.2 2017, Sc.3 2100). The number 1958 refers to the closest period respect to the year when the building was erected (1939) and then entered in the decade of ordinary operation, 2017 refers to the present time conditions, 2100 refers to the IPCC projection horizon.…”

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Climate Change Effect on Building Performance: A Case Study in New York

Fabbri¹,

Gaspari²,

Felicioni³

2020

Energies

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The evidences of the influence of climate change (CC) in most of the key sectors of human activities are frequently reported by the news and media with increasing concern. The building sector, and particularly energy use in the residential sector, represents a crucial field of investigation as demonstrated by specific scientific literature. The paper reports a study on building energy consumption and the related effect on indoor thermal comfort considering the impacts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2018 report about temperature increase projection. The research includes a case study in New York City, assuming three different scenarios. The outcomes evidence a decrease in energy demand for heating and an increase in energy demand for cooling, with a relevant shift due to the summer period temperature variations. The challenge of the last decades for sustainable design was to increase insulation for improving thermal behavior, highly reducing the energy demand during winter time, however, the projections over the next decades suggest that the summer regime will represent a future and major challenge in order to reduce overheating and ensure comfortable (or at least acceptable) living conditions inside buildings. The growing request of energy for cooling is generating increasing pressure on the supply system with peaks in the case of extreme events that lead to the grid collapse and to massive blackouts in several cities. This is usually tackled by strengthening the energy infrastructure, however, the users’ behavior and lifestyle will strongly influence the system capacity in stress conditions. This study focuses on the understanding of these phenomena and particularly on the relevance of the users’ perception of indoor comfort, assuming the IPCC projections as the basis for a future scenario.

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Section: Weather Data For Each Scenariomentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate Change Effect on Building Performance: A Case Study in New York

Fabbri¹,

Gaspari²,

Felicioni³

2020

Energies

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“…DeKay and Brown's chart [52] was used to further explore the potential for various bioclimatic design strategies. The aim was to avoid the use of psychometric charts, which are difficult to understand for many architects [48,53]. The potential of bioclimatic design strategies based on the climate of Quetta is illustrated in Figure 9.…”

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“…DeKay and Brown's chart was used to identify and quantify the potential of bioclimatic design strategies in Quetta, taking into account the buildings' performance. This method was also used by Attia et al [48] and Roshan et al [53]. DeKay and Brown's chart simplifies the potential of various bioclimatic design strategies for the better understanding of architects compared to complex psychometric charts.…”

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An Investigation of Thermal Comfort of Houses in Dry and Semi-Arid Climates of Quetta, Pakistan

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In Pakistan, reinforced concrete frame houses are the most widely used and common construction technology. In a country that experiences extreme hot and cold seasons throughout the year, buildings need to be adaptable to the climate to improve the thermal comfort of the inhabitants. Therefore, the aim of this study was to improve thermal comfort in reinforced concrete frame houses using passive design and energy efficiency measures in Quetta, Pakistan. Thermal comfort of a representative house was investigated using a building performance simulation. The building model created in EnergyPlus was validated by comparing it with on-site monitored data in both summer and winter seasons. The model was calibrated using statistical methods. Then, the calibrated model was used to perform a whole year simulation in which various orientations, ventilation, passive design, and energy efficiency strategies were applied to perform parametric analysis for the improvement of thermal comfort. The best fit-to-context thermal comfort model was selected, and the potential of bioclimatic design strategies was quantified. The results indicate that by adopting passive design strategies comfort hours can be increased from 43% to 59%. The results of the study revealed many findings which could be useful for architects and building engineers to set a future direction for improvement of indoor comfort in Quetta as well as in many other areas of Balochistan Province in Pakistan.

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“…[42]. This situation is most evident in the MICs, in which the need for the prioritization of these issues has been established in several previous studies [43][44][45][46][47][48].…”

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Housing Indicators for Sustainable Cities in Middle-Income Countries through the Residential Urban Environment Recognized Using Single-Family Housing Rating Systems

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This study presents a comparative analysis of the housing indicators used by the singlefamilyhousing rating systems (SHRSs), in which the residential urban environment (RUE)influences buildings’ certification scores, emphasizing the relationships of six systems developedby middle‐income countries (MICs)—BEST, CASA, GBI, BERDE, Green Homes, and LOTUS—andthe two most‐recognized rating systems, BREEAM and LEED. The aim is to provide new housingindicators that are capable of bringing the concept of sustainability into the cities of MICs. Theresults reveal that the percentage of influence that single‐family housing (SFH) can achieve in themetric established by each system is relatively low. However, considering all of the identifiedindicators, this influence could increase to 53.16% of the total score in multi‐criteria evaluations.Furthermore, a significant lack of indicators for mandatory criteria evaluations was found, withCASA being the only system that considers their inclusion. This paper identifies 37 indicators formulti‐criteria assessments and two for mandatory‐criteria assessments, providing new perspectiveson several topics. Furthermore, the methodology established to obtain the indicators could be usefulfor other researchers in the identification of new sustainable indicators.

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Projecting the impact of climate change on design recommendations for residential buildings in Iran

Cited by 42 publications

References 54 publications

Climate Change Effect on Building Performance: A Case Study in New York

Climate Change Effect on Building Performance: A Case Study in New York

An Investigation of Thermal Comfort of Houses in Dry and Semi-Arid Climates of Quetta, Pakistan

Housing Indicators for Sustainable Cities in Middle-Income Countries through the Residential Urban Environment Recognized Using Single-Family Housing Rating Systems

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