Future climate resilience through informed decision making in retrofitting projects
Gremmelspacher, Jonas Manuel ; Sivolova, Julija ; Naboni, Emanuele and Nik, Vahid M. LU
(2020)
20th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2020
In Lecture Notes in Computer Science
12251 LNCS.
p.352-364
- Abstract
High energy use for space conditioning in residential buildings is a significant economic factor for owners and tenants, but also contributes to resource depletion and carbon emissions due to energy generation. Many existing dwellings should thus be retrofitted in order to fulfil the ambitious EU carbon emission mitigation goals by 2050. To investigate how future climate resilience can be implemented in the design process of retrofitting measures, this study concentrates on real case studies that have been retrofitted during the past decade. The performance of retrofitting measures for four case studies in Denmark and Germany were investigated under future climate projections and compared between the non-retrofitted initial stage of the... (More)
High energy use for space conditioning in residential buildings is a significant economic factor for owners and tenants, but also contributes to resource depletion and carbon emissions due to energy generation. Many existing dwellings should thus be retrofitted in order to fulfil the ambitious EU carbon emission mitigation goals by 2050. To investigate how future climate resilience can be implemented in the design process of retrofitting measures, this study concentrates on real case studies that have been retrofitted during the past decade. The performance of retrofitting measures for four case studies in Denmark and Germany were investigated under future climate projections and compared between the non-retrofitted initial stage of the buildings and the retrofitted stage. Building performance simulations were employed to investigate how severe the effects of climate change until the end of the 21st century on the material choice and system design is. Results show that summertime thermal comfort will be a major challenge in the future. Energy use for space heating was seen to decrease for periods in the future, also the severity of cold events decreased, resulting in a decline of heating peak loads. Additionally, not considering extreme events was proven to lead to miss-dimensioning thermal systems. Overall, the study shows that adaptation of informed decisions, accounting for the uncertainties of future climate, can bring a significant benefit for energy-efficient retrofits, potentially promoting adequate passive measures as well as free cooling to prevent overheating and enhance heat removal.
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- author
- Gremmelspacher, Jonas Manuel
; Sivolova, Julija
; Naboni, Emanuele
and Nik, Vahid M.
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Building Performance Simulation, Building stock, Climate action, Climate change, Future climate, Residential buildings, Resilience, Retrofitting buildings
- host publication
- Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020 : 20th International Conference, Proceedings - 20th International Conference, Proceedings
- series title
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- editor
- Gervasi, Osvaldo ; Murgante, Beniamino ; Misra, Sanjay ; Garau, Chiara ; Blecic, Ivan ; Taniar, David ; Apduhan, Bernady O. ; Rocha, Ana Maria A.C. ; Tarantino, Eufemia ; Torre, Carmelo Maria and Karaca, Yeliz
- volume
- 12251 LNCS
- pages
- 13 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- 20th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2020
- conference location
- Cagliari, Italy
- conference dates
- 2020-07-01 - 2020-07-04
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85092281110
- ISSN
- 0302-9743
- 1611-3349
- ISBN
- 9783030588076
- 978-3-030-58808-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-58808-3_26
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 369b7d70-9ba5-4747-9799-dcc61507a37c
- date added to LUP
- 2020-10-22 17:27:36
- date last changed
- 2024-04-03 16:16:50
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booktitle = {{Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020 : 20th International Conference, Proceedings}},
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title = {{Future climate resilience through informed decision making in retrofitting projects}},
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