Hourly weather data projection due to climate change for impact assessment on building and infrastructure

Jiang, Aiyin; Li, Xudong; Czarnecki, Emily; Zhang, Chengyi

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2019.101688

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“…For this reason, weather file "morphing" methods have been developed to produce design weather data for use in building thermal response simulations that account for future climate change. Several examples of these methods, but not all, were presented by Jentsch et al [14], Arima et al [15], Belcher et al [16], Soga [17] and Jiang et al [18]. Morphing combines the observed weather data with climate change models [16].…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategy for achieving long-term energy efficiency of European single-family buildings through passive climate adaptation

Pajek

Košir

2021

Applied Energy

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Low energy use of single-family buildings can be assured solely by passive design.• Passive adaptation only partly counterbalances climate change effects on energy use.• Total energy use will decrease in cold and temperate and increase in warm climates.• The most effective long-term climate adaptation measure is applying smaller windows.• New buildings should be designed according to mid-term optima (2020/2050 period).

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strategy for achieving long-term energy efficiency of European single-family buildings through passive climate adaptation

Pajek

Košir

2021

Applied Energy

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“…For generating future weather data, the 2003-2017 EPW was uploaded on Weather Morph: Climate Change Weather Data Generator online platform with HadCM3 scenarios [17], [18]. Based on IPCC assigned GHG emission scenarios, according to technology development, social trends, demographic factors of population and economic growth and related description [4].…”

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“…In their study, they have investigated an office building, by simulating energy use and sustainable design exploration with EnergyPlus software. Adding to the topic of GHG emission scenarios discussion, Jianga et al [17] in University of North Florida [18] have discussed GHG emission scenario sources and types, for instance, the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology creates the CH2018 Climate Change Scenarios [19]. Japan has also developed MIROC4h as Takashi et al [20] mentioned.…”

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Assessing the Performance Gap of Climate Change on Buildings Design Analytical Stages Using Future Weather Projections

Alhindawi

Jimenez-Bescos

2020

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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With the higher pace of climate change, temperatures are rising each year, resulting in various effects on the thermal status of buildings. This paper takes the opportunity of analysing different scenarios of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using hourly weather data of future projections by implementing EPW weather files on EnergyPlus software dynamic simulations, coupled with architectural science methods of climate analysis, to test the effect of high and medium-high emission scenarios for the 2050s and 2080s future timelines on thermal comfort range, passive zones potential, and heating/cooling periods, as compared to the weather data from 2003–2017. Simulations results have shown a remarkable effect on the scale of daily cooling hours and monthly coverage under the high GHG emission scenario, expanding its range by 60 %, with 6 hours on summer peak days and 3 months/year, as well as an annual decrease in heating period by 33.3 %. Thermal comfort zones of tested periods have also witnessed an alternation, translating the effect on the passive cooling and passive heating zones’ way of variating, where the ranges are pushed towards their potential limits. Results have also demonstrated that if future weather data is not included in simulations, a weather-related performance gap is generated.

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“…The current concept of resilience is indicated by a globally notable increment in interest: countries are trying to face the problem of climate change, a gradual process that can be measured and its impact relatively accurately foreseen, as shown the 2018 IPCC's report [1,11,12]. However, disasters, such as floods, also deserve more attention, because they may cause a series of losses (e.g., financial deficits, housing collapses, and casualties) [13].…”

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Major European Stressors and Potential of Available Tools for Assessment of Urban and Buildings Resilience

2020

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Recent data show that there are intensifications of phenomena related to climate change, such as the increasing of heavy rains, more frequent and intense droughts connected with fires, and alterations of the local climatic conditions, including heat islands with consequent impacts on cities, districts, and buildings. Not only are natural hazards stressing Europe but also human-induced events like low-magnitude earthquakes as a direct cause of fracking or mining. This study aimed to investigate the significant stressors and summarize what impact is the most dangerous in each European country. There is a need to secure the operating conditions of urban infrastructures and to preserve a high-quality indoor environment of buildings. The main scope of this paper is to compare selected tools that evaluate the urban and building resilience and to assess their suitability, based on an analysis of natural and human-induced hazards in the European countries. The results represent a contribution to urban and architectural planning practice, and to the consistent implementation of measures to improve the resilience of the built environment by providing guidance as to which assessment tool is most suitable for each country.

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Hourly weather data projection due to climate change for impact assessment on building and infrastructure

Cited by 52 publications

References 29 publications

Strategy for achieving long-term energy efficiency of European single-family buildings through passive climate adaptation

Strategy for achieving long-term energy efficiency of European single-family buildings through passive climate adaptation

Assessing the Performance Gap of Climate Change on Buildings Design Analytical Stages Using Future Weather Projections

Major European Stressors and Potential of Available Tools for Assessment of Urban and Buildings Resilience

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