Using localised weather files to assess overheating in naturally ventilated offices within London’s urban heat island

dc.contributor.authorDemanuele, C
dc.contributor.authorMavrogianni, A
dc.contributor.authorDavies, M
dc.contributor.authorKolokotroni, M
dc.contributor.authorRajapaksha, I
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-15T15:56:18Z
dc.date.available2017-11-15T15:56:18Z
dc.description.abstractUrban environments typically experience increased average air temperatures compared to surrounding rural areas – a phenomenon referred to as the Urban Heat Island (UHI). The impact of the UHI on comfort in naturally ventilated buildings is the main focus of this article. The overheating risk in urban buildings is likely to be exacerbated in the future as a result of the combined effect of the UHI and climate change. In the design of such buildings in London, the usual current practice is to view the use of one generic weather file as being adequate to represent external temperatures. However, the work reported here demonstrates that there is a considerable difference between the overheating performance of a standard building at different sites within London. This implies, for example, that a building may wrongly pass or fail criteria used to demonstrate compliance with building regulations as a result of an inappropriate generic weather file being used. The work thus has important policy implications.en_US
dc.identifier.emaila.mavrogianni@ucl.ac.uken_US
dc.identifier.issue04en_US
dc.identifier.journalJournal of Building Services Engineering Research and Technologyen_US
dc.identifier.pgnospp. 351 - 369en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/12884
dc.identifier.volume33en_US
dc.identifier.year2012en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleUsing localised weather files to assess overheating in naturally ventilated offices within London’s urban heat islanden_US
dc.typeArticle-Abstracten_US

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