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| Author | Search for: Laouadi, A.1; Search for: Bartko, M.1; Search for: Lacasse, M. A.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Construction
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | 2nd International Conference on New Horizons in Green Civil Engineering (NHICE‐02)- Held Online, August 24-26, 2020, Victoria, B.C. |
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| Physical description | 4 p. |
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| Subject | extreme heat events; overheating; assessment criterion; buildings; climate change |
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| Abstract | Overheating in buildings arising from global warming and extreme heat events (EHEs) is a growing health concern in urban areas of many countries. Overheating is the condition of the indoor environment that results in thermal discomfort or heat-related health stress to building occupants. Overheating is found in naturally ventilated buildings, buildings with limited cooling capacity or intermittent use of air conditioning, and buildings that experience extended periods of power outages or HVAC failure. Despite the extensive studies on this topic, there is a lack of a standard approach to analyse the overheating risk. This paper develops a framework to analyse the risk of overheating in buildings from the perspective of comfort and health of occupants through the use of building simulation. The framework includes four steps: (1) Generation of reference climate data for the historical period and future projections to extract various types of EHEs; (2) Development of heat stress metric to quantity the effect of heat on the comfort and health of occupants; (3) Generation of reference summer weather years for building simulation; and (4) Development of assessment criteria for overheating risk. |
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| Publication date | 2020-08-26 |
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| Publisher | University of Victoria |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NRC number | NRCC-CONST-56416E |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 0d09936b-a849-4937-9f6c-eaf6a09142ea |
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| Record created | 2020-10-26 |
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| Record modified | 2020-10-27 |
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