Evaluation on Overheating Risk of a Typical Norwegian Residential Building under Future Extreme Weather Conditions

Zhiyong Tian, Shicong Zhang, Jie Deng and Bozena Dorota Hrynyszyn
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Zhiyong Tian: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Shicong Zhang: Institute of Building Environment and Energy, China Academy of Building Research, Beijing 100013, China
Jie Deng: School of the Built Environment, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6DF, UK
Bozena Dorota Hrynyszyn: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-12

Abstract: As the temperature in the summer period in Norway has been always moderate, little study on the indoor comfort of typical Norwegian residential buildings in summer seasons can be found. Heat waves have attacked Norway in recent years, including in 2018 and 2019. Zero energy buildings, even neighborhoods, have been a hot research topic in Norway. There is overheating risk in typical Norwegian residential buildings without cooling devices installed under these uncommon weather conditions, like the hot summers in 2018 and 2019. Three weather scenarios consisting of present-day weather data, 2050 weather data, and 2080 weather data are investigated in this study. The overheating risk of a typical Norwegian residential building is evaluated under these three weather scenarios. 72 scenarios are simulated in this study, including different orientations, window-to-wall ratios, and infiltration rates. Two different overheating evaluation criteria and guidelines, the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) and the CIBSE TM 59, are compared in this study.

Keywords: overheating risk; evaluation; indoor comfort; cold climates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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