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Evaluating and mapping indoor thermal risk on older people in long-term care buildings under urban microclimate impacts

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9822-5_99
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  1. National Research Council of Canada. Construction
FormatText, Article
Conference5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment, COBEE 2022, July 25-29, 2022, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract
This study explores the spatial variability of the thermal responses of older occupants’ in indoor environments at various locations in Montreal, Canada. Urban climate in and around the city over an extreme heat event in 2018 is simulated at 1 km spatial resolution using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, and data for 29 long-term care building locations in the city is extracted. A long-term care building was modelled using EnergyPlus and calibrated with measured hourly indoor air temperatures; it was then used to evaluate how local weather conditions affect indoor thermal conditions. The building simulation results were then applied to a physiological model for older (65y+) people that permitted evaluating individual's thermal responses. Further analysis was conducted by comparing the difference between responses of older and young occupants and between people’s responses in original and retrofitted buildings. More than 4 ℃ variations in the standard effective temperature (SET) of older occupants are observed in the studied buildings. The conclusions highlight the importance of applying strict indoor temperature limiting thresholds or retrofit requirements for long-term care buildings.
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  • Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (2023): 927–935.
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  • Environmental Science and Engineering.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
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