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1. Analysis of the predicted effect of passive climate adaptation measures on energy demand for cooling and heating in a residential building.

Author

van Hooff, T., Blocken, B., Timmermans, H.J.P., and Hensen, J.L.M.

Subjects
*DWELLINGS & the environment, *HOME heating & ventilation, *CLIMATE change, *THERMAL comfort, *AIR conditioning
Abstract

Both new and existing buildings need to be adapted to climate change, in order to keep providing a comfortable and healthy indoor climate. Preferably, the adaptation measures applied at the building level scale do not require additional energy (i.e. passive measures). Previous studies showed that passive climate change adaptation measures can have a positive effect on thermal comfort in summer and its shoulder seasons in non-air-conditioned residential buildings. In this paper, the effect of these passive climate adaptation measures – applied at building component level – on the cooling and heating energy demand of a terraced house is analyzed using building energy simulations. It is shown that for this particular case the required cooling energy can be limited to a large extent (59–74%) when external solar shading or additional natural ventilation is applied. In addition, it is shown that for a well-insulated terraced house the energy cost for heating is not strongly affected by the application of passive climate change adaptation measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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2. Analysis of the predicted effect of passive climate adaptation measures on energy demand for cooling and heating in a residential building

Author

Hjp Harry Timmermans, Bje Bert Blocken, Jlm Jan Hensen, van Taj Twan Hooff, Building Physics, Urban Planning and Transportation, and Building Performance

Subjects
Architectural engineering, Energy demand, Meteorology, SDG 13 – Klimaatactie, 020209 energy, Mechanical Engineering, Terraced house, Building energy, Thermal comfort, Climate change, Natural ventilation, 02 engineering and technology, Building and Construction, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, General Energy, SDG 13 - Climate Action, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Environmental science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Adaptation (computer science), Building energy simulation, Civil and Structural Engineering
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Both new and existing buildings need to be adapted to climate change, in order to keep providing a comfortable and healthy indoor climate. Preferably, the adaptation measures applied at the building level scale do not require additional energy (i.e. passive measures). Previous studies showed that passive climate change adaptation measures can have a positive effect on thermal comfort in summer and its shoulder seasons in non-air-conditioned residential buildings. In this paper, the effect of these passive climate adaptation measures - applied at building component level - on the cooling and heating energy demand of a terraced house is analyzed using building energy simulations. It is shown that for this particular case the required cooling energy can be limited to a large extent (59-74%) when external solar shading or additional natural ventilation is applied. In addition, it is shown that for a well-insulated terraced house the energy cost for heating is not strongly affected by the application of passive climate change adaptation measures. publisher: Elsevier articletitle: Analysis of the predicted effect of passive climate adaptation measures on energy demand for cooling and heating in a residential building journaltitle: Energy articlelink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.11.036 content_type: article copyright: Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. ispartof: Energy vol:94 pages:811-820 status: published

Published
2016