Recent years have witnessed growing concern about climate change's impact upon office
buildings' performance in regard to energy consumption and indoor thermal comfort. A …

Urban heat island effects are already known for decades to result in increased urban
outdoor temperatures as compared to the surrounding countryside. At the same time, recent …

As a consequence of global climate change, a vicious circle of raising outdoor temperatures
and consequently increasing CO 2 emissions associated with raising energy demands for …

The potential impacts of climate change on heating and cooling energy demand were
investigated by means of transient building energy simulations and hourly weather data …

Indoor climatic conditions are strongly influenced by outdoor meteorological conditions. It is
thus expected that the combined effect of climate change and the urban heat island effect …

The impact of climate warming on Swiss building energy demand was investigated by
means of the degree-days method. A procedure to estimate heating degree-days (HDD) and …

The building sector is one of the most relevant sectors in terms of generation of wealth and
occupation, but it is also one of the main contributor to energy use and greenhouse gas …

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 …

Climate change is considered an important global threat, with a significant impact on the
energy performance, since buildings will be subjected to higher average outdoor …

The global average air temperature is increasing as a manifestation of climate change and
more intense and frequent heatwaves are expected to be associated with this rise …