With climate change,the indoor built environment is expected to significantly influence the occupant’s safety and well-being.A novel multi-criteria thermal resilience certification scheme for indoor built environment...With climate change,the indoor built environment is expected to significantly influence the occupant’s safety and well-being.A novel multi-criteria thermal resilience certification scheme for indoor built environments during extreme heat events is proposed in this paper.The certification scheme considers overheating,thermal comfort,heat stress,and hygrothermal discomfort in built environments.These criteria are quantified using key performance indicators like indoor overheating degree,hours of exceedance,wet-bulb globe temperature,and heat index,respectively.This scheme is developed based on existing best practices like standards,rating systems,and literature.The scheme is implemented on a benchmark building energy performance model for detached post-World War II dwellings in Belgium as a case study using weather data measured from the City of Brussels.The indoor overheating in the reference dwelling is assessed with a static threshold of 27℃for the bedrooms and adaptive thresholds for other areas.The analysis found that the building performance is within the defined threshold levels throughout the heat wave duration for all criteria.Therefore,the reference dwelling got a maxi-mum attainable score of four points and is rated five-star for thermal resilience during heat waves.The proposed certification scheme is intended as a standardized framework and highlights the need for further revisions in building performance policies and guidelines.展开更多
基金supported by the U.S.Department of Energy,Office of Science,Office of Biological and Environmental Research’s Urban Integrated Field Lab-oratories research activity under Award Number DE-SC0023520.
文摘With climate change,the indoor built environment is expected to significantly influence the occupant’s safety and well-being.A novel multi-criteria thermal resilience certification scheme for indoor built environments during extreme heat events is proposed in this paper.The certification scheme considers overheating,thermal comfort,heat stress,and hygrothermal discomfort in built environments.These criteria are quantified using key performance indicators like indoor overheating degree,hours of exceedance,wet-bulb globe temperature,and heat index,respectively.This scheme is developed based on existing best practices like standards,rating systems,and literature.The scheme is implemented on a benchmark building energy performance model for detached post-World War II dwellings in Belgium as a case study using weather data measured from the City of Brussels.The indoor overheating in the reference dwelling is assessed with a static threshold of 27℃for the bedrooms and adaptive thresholds for other areas.The analysis found that the building performance is within the defined threshold levels throughout the heat wave duration for all criteria.Therefore,the reference dwelling got a maxi-mum attainable score of four points and is rated five-star for thermal resilience during heat waves.The proposed certification scheme is intended as a standardized framework and highlights the need for further revisions in building performance policies and guidelines.
