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Assessing the climate change adaptation over four European cities

Yang, Yuchen LU and Nik, Vahid M. LU orcid (2021) IBPC 2021 In Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2069.
Abstract

In recent years, climate change has been widely recognized as a potential problem. The building industry is taking a variety of actions towards sustainable development and climate change mitigation, such as retrofitting buildings. More than mitigation, it is important to account for climate change adaptation and investigate the probable risks and limits for mitigation strategies. For example, one major challenge may become achieving low energy demand without compromising indoor thermal comfort during warm seasons. This work investigates the future energy performance and indoor thermal comfort of four European cities belonging to four different climate zones in Europe; Barcelona, Koln, Brussels, and Copenhagen. An ensemble of future... (More)

In recent years, climate change has been widely recognized as a potential problem. The building industry is taking a variety of actions towards sustainable development and climate change mitigation, such as retrofitting buildings. More than mitigation, it is important to account for climate change adaptation and investigate the probable risks and limits for mitigation strategies. For example, one major challenge may become achieving low energy demand without compromising indoor thermal comfort during warm seasons. This work investigates the future energy performance and indoor thermal comfort of four European cities belonging to four different climate zones in Europe; Barcelona, Koln, Brussels, and Copenhagen. An ensemble of future climate scenarios is used, including thirteen climate scenarios considering five different general circulation models (GCM) and three representative concentration pathways (RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5). Through simulating the energy performance of the representative buildings in each city and considering several climate scenarios, this paper provides a comprehensive picture about the energy performance and indoor thermal comfort of the buildings for near-term, medium-term, and long-term climate conditions.

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Journal of Physics: Conference Series : 8th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2021) 25-27 August 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark - 8th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2021) 25-27 August 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark
series title
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
volume
2069
article number
012069
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1
conference name
IBPC 2021
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Copenhagen, Denmark
conference dates
2021-08-25 - 2021-08-27
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  • scopus:85121454914
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1742-6588
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10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012069
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English
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Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved.
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  author       = {{Yang, Yuchen and Nik, Vahid M.}},
  booktitle    = {{Journal of Physics: Conference Series : 8th International Building Physics Conference (IBPC 2021) 25-27 August 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  series       = {{Journal of Physics: Conference Series}},
  title        = {{Assessing the climate change adaptation over four European cities}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012069}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/1742-6596/2069/1/012069}},
  volume       = {{2069}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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