Conference Paper

Proceedings of eSim 2022: 12th Conference of IBPSA-Canada

     

Resilience to climate change in buildings: Rethink the role of building enclosure to alleviate cold stress in warmer climate

Mikk Maivel 1, Donghwan Kim 2, June Young Park 1
1 The University of Texas at Arlington, United States of America
2 NBBJ Architectural firm

Abstract: Climate change with extreme weather conditions impacts on the building sector significantly. Especially, building occupants are vulnerable since our buildings lack of resiliency for such changes. In this paper, we simulate a typical single family house under possible power outage scenarios during the Winter Storm Uri in Texas. Local building codes are investigated to various residential building types in the North Texas area. By calculating heating energy consumption and indoor air temperature in a building, we evaluate building resiliency to balance between energy efficiency and occupant comfort with our new metric (energy to comfort ratio). Our study envisions what is necessary to change in residential buildings to prepare against the forthcoming challenges of climate change.
Keywords: buildings resiliency, building enclosure, climate change
Paper:

esim2022_236