Creation of future hot event years for assessing building resilience against future deadly heatwaves

Chunde Liu, Woong June Chung, David Coley

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Abstract

Building resilience to warming climate has been assessed via dynamic thermal simulation with future summer reference years, i.e. warmer than typical year. However, previous efforts on the creation of future summer reference years did not take account of heatwaves which was projected to be more frequent and intense in the future due to climate change. Different heatwave definitions were evaluated in terms of their impacts on the risk of heat-related deaths in non-air conditioned buildings. This study found out a heatwave criterion suitable for the creation of future Hot Event Years (HEYs) for use in building resilience assessment against deadly heatwaves. Building practitioners will find future HEYs useful in providing building adaptations to ensure safe indoor environment against changing climate.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019
EditorsVincenzo Corrado, Enrico Fabrizio, Andrea Gasparella, Francesco Patuzzi
PublisherInternational Building Performance Simulation Association
Pages4793-4800
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781713809418
Publication statusPublished - 4 Sept 2019
Event16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019 - Rome, Italy
Duration: 2 Sept 20194 Sept 2019

Publication series

NameBuilding Simulation Conference Proceedings
Volume7
ISSN (Print)2522-2708

Conference

Conference16th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Building Simulation 2019
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period2/09/194/09/19

Funding

This research was funded by Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) via grant No. EP/M021890/1 for the project COLBE (The Creation of Localized and Future Weather for the Build Environment). We are thankful to Professor Chris Kilsby and Dr. Vassilis Glenis at Newcastle University for providing the Spatial Urban Weather Generator.

FundersFunder number
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilEP/M021890/1
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Newcastle University

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Building and Construction
  • Architecture
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Computer Science Applications

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