Thermal resilience in a renovated nearly zero-energy dwelling during intense heat waves

[en] Overheating risk is expected to rise in dwellings as heat waves continue increasing in intensity and duration. This paper presents a simulation-based study on thermal resilience in a benchmark renovated nearly zero-energy dwelling during intense heat waves in Belgium. Data analysis using thermal simulations of the reference dwelling with and without active cooling was used to assess overheating risk. The analysis indicated that the reference dwelling with active cooling was resilient to heat waves for over 91% of the occupied hours. Furthermore, the existing building-level renovation strategies alone will not be sufficient to mitigate overheating in renovated dwellings and require active cooling. However, active cooling came with an energy penalty of 37.69 kWh/day during the monitored period, and any potential benefits of active cooling should factor in the excess energy use. The presented findings lead to recommendations for future building renovation practices and identified needs for further research.

Research Center/Unit :

Sustainable Building Design Lab

Disciplines :

Civil engineering
Architecture

Author, co-author :

Amaripadath, Deepak ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Techniques de construction des bâtiments

Joshi, Mitali ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering

Hamdy, Mohamed

Petersen, Steffen

Stone Jr., Brian

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

Language :

English

Title :

Thermal resilience in a renovated nearly zero-energy dwelling during intense heat waves

Publication date :

01 September 2023

Journal title :

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

ISSN :

1940-1493

eISSN :

1940-1507

Publisher :

Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom

Pages :

1-20

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Development Goals :

11. Sustainable cities and communities
3. Good health and well-being

Additional URL :

https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZWPNJHTJKT9INXISYSQZ/full?target=10.1080/19401493.2023.2253460

Name of the research project :

Project SurChauffe

Funders :

SPW - Public Service of Wallonia

Funding number :

847587

Funding text :

The project was funded by the SPW and MK Engineering under BEWARE fellowships and the EU MSCA framework program through contract no. 847587.

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