Abstract
With rising summer temperatures and the increasing frequency and intensity of heatwaves, the risk of overheating in the UK is becoming a larger problem. During the heatwave affecting the country in July 2022, temperatures in London reached over 40 C for the first time in recorded history. With only 2% of homes in the UK having active cooling, most residents must rely on passive strategies to combat heat. Using information obtained from deliberative workshops conducted within the EPSRC-funded ‘Flex-Cool-Store’ project, this paper makes use of a commercial building modelling software, IES VE, to simulate the effects of common passive cooling strategies and assesses the effects of each one.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Energy Proceedings |
| Volume | 55 |
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| Publication status | Published - 5 Sept 2024 |
| Event | 16th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2024 - Niigata, Japan Duration: 1 Sept 2024 → 5 Sept 2024 |
Funding
The work presented in this paper was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK Research and Innovation, through the project ‘Flexibility from Cooling and Storage (Flex-CoolStore)’ under grant EP/V042505/1.
Keywords
- heatwaves
- IES VE
- passive cooling strategies
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Fuel Technology
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Energy (miscellaneous)
