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Article title A systematic methodological framework to study climate change impacts on heating and cooling
demands of buildings
Year and of study 30 october 2022
Study duration 1990–2100
Sample Residential and office buildings.
Introduction Context and Buildings contribute significantly to climate change through energy consumption and
background greenhouse gas emissions.

Motivation of the • Provide a comprehensive review of existing literature on building energy performance under
work climate change.
• Classify studies based on climate zones to allow logical comparisons.

Objective of the Critically review literature investigating building performance under climate change.
work Classify studies according to ansi/ashrae climate zones.

Material and Materials used Energyplus, TRNSYS, TAS

methods
Procedure 1. Selection of future scenario(s) based on a special report on emission scenarios (SRES) or more
recently on a chosen representative
Concentration pathway (RCP)
2. Selection of global circulation model(s) (gcms)
3. Spatiotemporal downscaling
4. Impact assessment based on climatic zones

Statistical analysis Energyplus, TRNSYS, TAS, gcms

Results Principles results • Cooling/heating loads expected to increase/decrease due to climate change.
• Total load will decrease in colder climates but increase in warmer ones.
• Current zonal definitions may need revising considering climate change impacts.
Discussion Strengths First comprehensive review classifying building impact studies based on climate zones.
(originality) Identified limitations in existing research and proposed systematic methodology for future
studies.
Limitations Did not perform own simulations or analyses, relied only on review of literature.
Concordance with Findings align with other reviews indicating geographical dependency of impacts.
other works
Possible Proposed methodology could enable intercomparable database to guide designers, policy
implications makers, etc.
Suggests revisions may be needed to climatic zone definitions used in building standards
Potential Proposed methodology provides framework for large-scale, harmonized assessment of climate
applications change impacts on buildings globally.

Questions raised Will proposed methodology be adopted by researchers to work towards shared database?
How can adoption of systematic methods be incentivized?
How to account for uncertainties in future climate projections?
Conclusion Key conclusions Systematic methodology urgently needed to harmonize future building impact studies under
climate change.
Proposed step-by-step procedure aims to enable intercomparison and guide decisions makers.
Current climatic zone definitions may need revising considering climate change.

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