Evidence for climate change relevant to building design in the UK, 1976–2000
| Autor: | Andrew J. Wright |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Architectural engineering
Engineering Operations research business.industry 020209 energy Memorandum RAE 2008 0211 other engineering and technologies Climate change 02 engineering and technology Building and Construction Building design Wright Work (electrical) 021105 building & construction Weather data 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering UoA 30 Architecture and the Built Environment business |
| Zdroj: | Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. 23:279-285 |
| ISSN: | 1477-0849 0143-6244 |
| DOI: | 10.1191/0143624402bt051oa |
| Popis: | Building design has traditionally assumed an unchanging climate. Various weather statistics are used for design calculations. These numbers are by definition fixed in an unchanging climate, but most will change if climate change is occurring. This requires a re-examination of the weather design criteria for buildings. Regular updating may be sufficient, but has the disadvantage of always being retrospective, and other approaches may be needed. Severe weather events and global temperature patterns are well documented, but little work has been done to look at the trends in climate statistics for building design. This paper presents trends in some key weather statistics used in building design over the period 1977–1999. Finally, some conclusions are drawn on the use of climate statistics for building design when climate change is occurring. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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