Climate Change Sensitive Overheating Assessment in Dwellings: A Case Study in Belgium

Rahif, Ramin; Fani, Abdulrahman; kosinski, Piotr; Attia, Shady

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Climate Change Sensitive Overheating Assessment in Dwellings: A Case Study in Belgium

Rahif, Ramin; Fani, Abdulrahman; kosinski, Piotr et al.

2021 • In Helsen, Lieve (Ed.) Proceeding of the International Building Simulation Conference

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Keywords :

Overheating; Climate change; Passive House

Abstract :

[en] Due to the current rate of global warming, overheating in buildings is expected to be more frequent and intense in future climates. High indoor temperature affects occupant productivity, comfort, and health. Thus, it is necessary to predict the thermal performance of buildings concerning climate change. This paper applies a climate change sensitive overheating assessment method to a lightweight timber house in Eupen, Belgium. Three metrics are used, namely Indoor Overheating Degree (𝐼𝑂𝐷), Ambient Warmness Degree (𝐴𝑊𝐷), and Building Climate Vulnerability Factor (𝐵𝐶𝑉𝐹). The overheating risk is assessed under four climate scenarios representing historical and future scenarios using dynamic simulation tool EnergyPlus v9.0. This method accounts for overheating severity and frequency, considering zonal occupancy profiles and thermal comfort models. The results indicate BCVF<1 for the Passive House case study showing its high potential in suppressing the outdoor thermal stress in the long-term. Finally, the increase in ventilation rate proves to be an adequate measure by decreasing the zonal peak temperatures up to 10℃ and indoor overheating risk by ~60%.

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Sustainable Building Design Lab

Disciplines :

Energy

Author, co-author :

Rahif, Ramin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Techniques de construction des bâtiments

Fani, Abdulrahman

kosinski, Piotr; Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Heweliusza Street 10, 10-724 Olsztyn, Poland

Attia, Shady ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Techniques de construction des bâtiments

Language :

English

Title :

Climate Change Sensitive Overheating Assessment in Dwellings: A Case Study in Belgium

Publication date :

01 September 2021

Event name :

Building Simulation 2021 Conference

Event organizer :

International Building Performance Simulation Association

Event place :

Bruges, Belgium

Event date :

1-3 September 2021

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Yes

Audience :

International

Main work title :

Proceeding of the International Building Simulation Conference

Author, co-author :

Helsen, Lieve

Publisher :

KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Pages :

30125-30131

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

Name of the research project :

[OCCuPANt] Impacts of climate change on buildings in Belgium during summer

Funders :

ULiège - Université de Liège [BE]

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