Baborska-Narozny, M., Stevenson, F. and Chatterton, P. (2015) Temperature in housing: stratification and contextual factors. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability. ISSN 1751-7680
Abstract
Overheating in new and retrofit low carbon dioxide homes is a growing issue in the UK due to climate change and other factors, with 99% of existing housing predicted to be at medium to high risk if summer temperatures become 1·4°C warmer. A year-long field study in two residential developments in the north of England monitored housing at three different scales: two-storey houses and three- and ten-storey blocks of flats. This revealed significant temperature stratification in the staircase zone, which allows a stack effect, as well as temperature differences between dwellings depending on their location in the building, both for summer and winter conditions even in the low-rise housing. Further investigation revealed that albedo and east–west orientation also contributed to non-linear overheating. Analyses of inhabitants’ thermal comfort and security practices as well as occupancy patterns also challenge the regulatory modelling used to predict building performance. It is suggested that these additional physical as well as user factors in residential developments need further investigation and should now be considered in relation to thermal comfort modelling.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Thomas Telford. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | buildings; structures and design; field testing and monitoring; thermal effects |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2015 10:04 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2016 22:11 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/ensu.14.00054 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Thomas Telford (ICE Publishing) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1680/ensu.14.00054 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:90938 |