Print Email Facebook Twitter Impact of climate change Title Impact of climate change: Environmental assessment of passive solutions in a single-family home in Southern Spain Author Suárez, Rafael (University of Seville) Escandon, R. (University of Seville) López-Pérez, Ramón (University of Seville) León-Rodríguez, Ángel Luis (University of Seville) Klein, T. (TU Delft Building Product Innovation) Silvester, S. (TU Delft Applied Ergonomics and Design) Date 2018-08-16 Abstract According to the IPCC Climate Change projections by 2050 temperatures in southern Spain will have increased noticeably during the summer. Housing-in its current form-will not be able to provide a suitable response to this new climate scenario, and will in turn prompt an increase in cooling energy consumption and a series of problems relating to health and comfort. The Design Builder simulation tool was used to quantify the impact of this future climate scenario on energy demand, as well as its effect under free-running conditions on indoor temperature. Different passive conditioning strategies were evaluated to establish their influence on the indoor comfort conditions. The case study examined a theoretical single-family residential unit model in order to establish guidelines for the pre-selection of the most suitable passive solutions. The results show that passive conditioning strategies analysed (envelope treatment, solar gain protection and night-time natural ventilation) reduce energy demand and indoor temperatures, thus increasing energy efficiency and improving indoor comfort conditions. Therefore, these passive conditioning strategies reduce the cooling energy consumption. Subject Climate changeEnergy efficiencyMediterranean climateNight-time natural ventilationPassive conditioning strategiesThermal comfort To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c7757e2e-7976-46bc-adb3-d0a2b51cadd1 DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082914 ISSN 2071-1050 Source Sustainability, 10 (8) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 Rafael Suárez, R. Escandon, Ramón López-Pérez, Ángel Luis León-Rodríguez, T. Klein, S. Silvester Files PDF sustainability_10_02914_v3.pdf 1.45 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c7757e2e-7976-46bc-adb3-d0a2b51cadd1/datastream/OBJ/view