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Adaptive Comfort Degree-Days: an index to compare adaptive comfort standards and estimate changes in energy consumption for future UK climates

McGilligan, Charles, Natarajan, Sukumar, Nikolopoulou, Marialena (2011) Adaptive Comfort Degree-Days: an index to compare adaptive comfort standards and estimate changes in energy consumption for future UK climates. Energy and Buildings, 43 (10). pp. 2767-2778. ISSN 0378-7788. (doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.06.037) (KAR id:28352)

Abstract

This paper introduces the concept of the Adaptive Comfort Degree-Day, a temperature difference/time composite metric, as a means of comparing energy savings from Adaptive Comfort Model standards by quantifying the extent to which the temperature limits of the thermal comfort zone of the Predicted Mean Vote Model can be broadened. The Adaptive Comfort Degree-Day has been applied to a series of climates projected for different locations (Edinburgh, Manchester and London) under different emissions scenarios in the United Kingdom for the 2020s, 2030s, 2050s and 2080s. The rate at which energy savings can be achieved by the European adaptive standard EN15251 (Category II) was compared with the ASHRAE 55 adaptive standard (80% acceptability) during the cooling season. Results indicate that the wider applicability of the European standard means that it can realise levels of energy savings which its counterpart ASHRAE adaptive standard would not achieve for decades.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2011.06.037
Projects: COincident Probabilistic climate change weather data for a Sustainable built Environment (COPSE) project
Subjects: N Visual Arts > NA Architecture
T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > Kent School of Architecture and Planning
Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (https://ror.org/0439y7842)
Depositing User: Marialena Nikolopoulou
Date Deposited: 03 Nov 2011 15:48 UTC
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 10:40 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/28352 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Nikolopoulou, Marialena.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0528-2145
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