Considering the possible changes of the future climate in designing the sustainable buildings
Conference poster, 2010

Performanceofabuildingdependstoalargeextentonweatherconditions.Accordingtomostofthepredictions,thefutureclimateisgoingtochange.Todesignasustainablebuildingitisnecessarytoconsiderprobablechangesoftheclimate.Workingwiththefutureclimateintroduceslargetimescalestothebuildingphysics.Furthermoreseveralfutureclimatescenariosareavailable.Theuncertaintiesoftheclimatescenariosaffectthebuildingsimulations. AnanalyticalmethodisusedtoconsiderclimatechangeanddifferentCO2emissionscenariosusingdifferenttimescales.Themethodisdecomposingtheparametersintofourcomponentsbasedondifferenttimescales.Comparingdifferentfutureclimatescenariosusingthedecompositionmethodenablestotrackthedifferencesbetweendifferentclimatescenariosndmaketheoptimumchoicefordesigningasustainablebuilding.

Author

Vahid Nik

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology

PASSIVHUS 2010

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Energy

Subject Categories

Other Civil Engineering

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Created

10/8/2017