Impact of climate change on nearly zero-energy dwelling in temperate climate: Time-integrated discomfort, HVAC energy performance, and GHG emissions

R Rahif, A Norouziasas, E Elnagar, S Doutreloup… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Global warming is widely recognized to affect the built environment in several ways. This
paper projects the current and future climate scenarios on a nearly zero-energy dwelling in …

Climate change sensitive sizing and design for nearly zero-energy office building systems in Brussels

D Amaripadath, R Rahif, W Zuo, M Velickovic… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As climate change continues, it is expected that the risk of overheating will rise in both new
and existing buildings in mixed humid climate zones in Europe. This study introduced a …

Framework to assess climate change impact on heating and cooling energy demands in building stock: A case study of Belgium in 2050 and 2100

E Elnagar, S Gendebien, E Georges, U Berardi… - Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change has a broad impact on different aspects of energy use in buildings. This
study explores potential changes in future heating and cooling energy demands. Increasing …

Overheating analysis of optimized nearly Zero-Energy dwelling during current and future heatwaves coincided with cooling system outage

R Rahif, M Kazemi, S Attia - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
It is expected that heatwaves will strike more frequently and with higher temperatures with
the continuation of global warming. More extreme heatwaves concurrent with disruptions in …

Multi-criteria decision support framework for climate change-sensitive thermal comfort evaluation in European buildings

D Amaripadath, R Levinson, R Rawal, S Attia - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel multi-criteria decision support framework for climate change-
sensitive evaluation of building thermal comfort performance in European buildings. The …

Impact of semi-empirical methods implemented in heat, air, and moisture (HAM) models on predicted wind-driven rain (WDR) loads and hygrothermal responses

X Dang, E Vereecken, H Janssen, S Roels - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The amount, duration, and intensity of wind-driven rain (WDR) are instrumental to the
durability and sustainability of building components. Semi-empirical methods implemented …

Typical and extreme weather datasets for studying the resilience of buildings to climate change and heatwaves

A Machard, A Salvati, M P. Tootkaboni, A Gaur, J Zou… - Scientific data, 2024 - nature.com
We present unprecedented datasets of current and future projected weather files for building
simulations in 15 major cities distributed across 10 climate zones worldwide. The datasets …

A stochastic model of future extreme temperature events for infrastructure analysis

DL Villa, T Schostek, K Govertsen… - Environmental Modelling & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Applying extreme temperature events for future conditions is not straightforward for
infrastructure resilience analyses. This work introduces a stochastic model that fills this gap …

GSDM-WBT: global station-based daily maximum wet-bulb temperature data for 1981–2020

J Dong, S Brönnimann, T Hu, Y Liu… - Earth System Science …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
The wet-bulb temperature (WBT) comprehensively characterizes the temperature and
humidity of the thermal environment and is a relevant variable to describe the energy …

Climate change induced heat stress impact on workplace productivity in a net zero-carbon timber building towards the end of the century

D Amaripadath, M Santamouris, S Attia - Building Simulation, 2024 - Springer
Changing climate intensifies heat stress, resulting in a greater risk of workplace productivity
decline in timber office buildings with low internal thermal mass. The impact of climate …