TY - JOUR
T1 - The predicted effect of climate change on indoor overheating of heritage apartments in two different Chinese climate zones
AU - Lei, Muxi
AU - van Hooff, Twan
AU - Blocken, Bert
AU - Pereira Roders, A.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Understanding the effects of climate change on building indoor thermal conditions is of importance for providing a comfortable thermal environment for occupants. Some multi-family dwellings have already been listed as heritage in China (hereinafter referred to as heritage apartments), limiting modifications to the building envelope. However, the effect of climate change on thermal comfort in heritage apartments with a compact interior (i.e. without a living room) built before the 1980s in different Chinese climate zones has seldom been studied. This study focuses on the current and future thermal comfort in two-bedroom heritage apartments in China. The study was conducted for two different Chinese climate zones, that is, a cold climate zone (Beijing), and a hot summer and cold winter climate zone (Shanghai) and both current climate scenarios (typical meteorological years) and future climate scenarios (2050) were used. The results indicate, among other things, increases of 58%–60% and 41%–44% in the predicted average number of overheating hours in 2050 compared to the current climate for the studied bedrooms on the first floor in dwellings in Beijing and Shanghai, respectively.
AB - Understanding the effects of climate change on building indoor thermal conditions is of importance for providing a comfortable thermal environment for occupants. Some multi-family dwellings have already been listed as heritage in China (hereinafter referred to as heritage apartments), limiting modifications to the building envelope. However, the effect of climate change on thermal comfort in heritage apartments with a compact interior (i.e. without a living room) built before the 1980s in different Chinese climate zones has seldom been studied. This study focuses on the current and future thermal comfort in two-bedroom heritage apartments in China. The study was conducted for two different Chinese climate zones, that is, a cold climate zone (Beijing), and a hot summer and cold winter climate zone (Shanghai) and both current climate scenarios (typical meteorological years) and future climate scenarios (2050) were used. The results indicate, among other things, increases of 58%–60% and 41%–44% in the predicted average number of overheating hours in 2050 compared to the current climate for the studied bedrooms on the first floor in dwellings in Beijing and Shanghai, respectively.
KW - Apartment location
KW - Climate change effects
KW - Heritage apartments
KW - Thermal comfort evaluation
KW - Window orientation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85136978071&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1420326X221085861
DO - 10.1177/1420326X221085861
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85136978071
SN - 1420-326X
VL - 31
SP - 1986
EP - 2006
JO - Indoor and Built Environment
JF - Indoor and Built Environment
IS - 7
ER -