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 …

Multi-scenario Extreme Weather Simulator application to heat waves: Ko'olauloa community resilience hub

DL Villa, SH Lee, C Bianchi, JP Carvallo… - … and Technology for …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Heat waves are increasing in severity, duration, and frequency. The Multi-Scenario Extreme
Weather Simulator (MEWS) models this using historical data, climate model outputs, and …

[HTML][HTML] Microgrid design and multi-year dispatch optimization under climate-informed load and renewable resource uncertainty

M Macmillan, A Zolan, M Bazilian, DL Villa - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Microgrids are an increasingly popular solution to provide energy resilience in response to
increasing grid dependency and the growing impacts of climate change on grid operations …

[HTML][HTML] Futures for electrochromic windows on high performance houses in arid, cold climates

DL Villa, NT Hahn, JK Grey, F Pavich - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates high performance electrochromic windows used on a passive house
and residential dwelling to IECC 2021 (ie, IECC dwelling). In the lab, the electrochromic film …

[PDF][PDF] The Future of Weather Files for Building Performance Simulation in New York State

C Brown, N Rajkovich, E Gilman, A LaRue… - Building Simulation …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Weather data has a wide range of applications in the built environment such as the analysis
of energy efficiency measures, life cycle cost, and emissions. For the past 50 years, building …

Heatalyzer: A Tool for Evaluating Indoor Comfort in Buildings during Extreme Heat Events

L Capol, S Keshav, Z Nagy - 2024 - cambridge.org
The increase in heatwaves due to climate change poses significant challenges to both
indoor thermal comfort and occupant well-being. Unfortunately, existing work does not …

The Multi-Scenario Extreme Weather Simulator: Energy Resilience for Mission Assurance

D Villa, T Schostek, C Bianchi, M MacMillan… - 2022 - osti.gov
The Multi-scenario extreme weather simulator (MEWS) is a stochastic weather generation
tool. The MEWS algorithm uses 50 or more years of National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

[PDF][PDF] A climate-aware built environment: Integrating future weather data into building design today

Z Zeng, JH Kim, J New, R Muehleisen - 2024 - aceee.org
Building design practice relies on typical historical weather data. Because of climate
change, this means that building designs are based on incorrect climates, resulting in …

Activity Hours: Assessing Liveability During Heatwaves

L Capol, S Keshav, Z Nagy - Available at SSRN 4837027 - papers.ssrn.com
As climate change increases the frequency and severity of heatwaves, understanding their
impact on the well-being, health, and permissible activities of building occupants becomes …