Climate change, thermal comfort and energy: Meeting the design challenges of the 21st century

Holmes, Michael J.; Hacker, Jacob N.

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2007.02.009

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“…Even more than uncertainty in everyday operation, future building requirements and boundary conditions are highly unpredictable, or cannot even be known in the design stage [52]. Building shells that can evolve over time are a means of extracting value from the uncertainty of these unforeseen events.…”

Section: Evolvabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate adaptive building shells: State-of-the-art and future challenges

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Climate adaptive building shells: State-of-the-art and future challenges

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“…These would be interesting to study, however it would rely heavily on predictions, which are difficult to quantify (Ravetz 2008, Roberts 2008b). Both Holmes and Hacker (2007), and Ravetz (2008) predict this will lead to greater overall energy expenditure in buildings that require active cooling. In addition more homeowners are likely to retrofit air conditioning units or buy portable air conditioning systems for their homes, which too would raise consumption.…”

Section: Insulation Causing Overheatingmentioning

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Domestic UK retrofit challenge: Barriers, incentives and current performance leading into the Green Deal

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This paper reviews the thermal performance of the existing UK housing stock, the main fabric efficiency incentive schemes and the barriers to obtaining deep energy and CO 2 savings throughout the stock. The UK faces a major challenge to improve the thermal performance of its existing housing stock. Millions of dwellings possess 'hard to treat' solid walls and have glazing which is not cost effective to improve. A range of fabric efficiency incentive schemes exist, but many do not target the full range of private and social housing. From now on, the Green Deal will be the UK's key energy efficiency policy. However, the scheme is forecasted to have low consumer appeal and low incentives for investors. Moreover, calculated Green Deal loan repayments will be reliant upon estimated energy savings, yet it is claimed that retrofit measures may only be half as effective as anticipated due to a lack of monitoring, poor quality installation and the increased use of heating following refurbishment. Looking to Germany, there has been success through the Passivhaus standard, but the UK currently lacks appropriate skills and cost effective components to replicate this approach. In addition, the embodied energy in retrofit products and materials threatens to counter operational savings.

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“…Holmes and Hacker [10] expand the research undertaken in TM36 by modelling the effect of some clustered interventions on non-domestic buildings, using the same future 4 climate scenarios, though aimed more at sustainable design rather than climate adaptation.…”

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confidence: 99%