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Ramón López-Pérez
Instituto Universitario de Arquitectura y Ciencias de la Construcción, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad de Sevilla, Av. Reina Mercedes 2, 410012 Seville, Spain

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Published: 16 August 2018 in Sustainability
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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 DesignBuilder 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.

ACS Style

Rafael Suárez; Rocío Escandón; Ramón López-Pérez; Ángel Luis León-Rodríguez; Tillmann Klein; Sacha Silvester. Impact of Climate Change: Environmental Assessment of Passive Solutions in a Single-Family Home in Southern Spain. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2914 .

AMA Style

Rafael Suárez, Rocío Escandón, Ramón López-Pérez, Ángel Luis León-Rodríguez, Tillmann Klein, Sacha Silvester. Impact of Climate Change: Environmental Assessment of Passive Solutions in a Single-Family Home in Southern Spain. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (8):2914.

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Rafael Suárez; Rocío Escandón; Ramón López-Pérez; Ángel Luis León-Rodríguez; Tillmann Klein; Sacha Silvester. 2018. "Impact of Climate Change: Environmental Assessment of Passive Solutions in a Single-Family Home in Southern Spain." Sustainability 10, no. 8: 2914.