Effects of climate change on the sensory experience of the built environment

By Dr Michael Barclay

UK climate projections

Latest projections from 2009 provided by the met

office

Based on climate modelling

Next set will be 2018

Projections of the UK climate for 2020 - 2080

Monthly mean temperatures for Heathrow under the high emission scenario.

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Weather data used in building performance modelling

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Summer-time overheating

Wind:

Key driver of natural ventilation

Difficult climate parameter to model

Neglected from main projections

Causing frustration and the

development of a range of methods

to include wind

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11 RCM variants

average 11 RCM

UKCIP02

Wind for natural ventilation

Noise mapping

Effects of urban morphology on the traffic noise distribution through noise mapping: A

comparative study between UK and China.

Noise mapping required

by European directive

Wind and noise effect

building envelope and

ventilation

dB(A)

Noise mapping and Natural ventilation

Mapping of Manchester south of

city centre

Road noise

Noise through ventilation openings

How much noise comes in

through ventilation openings?

Range of scales of modelling

Natural ventilation, where

external and internal

environments meet

Site specific performance guidancefor buildings cooling performance

Tends

towards all

windows

open

Main

change in

opening

patternTends

towards all

windows

closed

Tolerated

noise level

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When would a noise reduction

measure have the most impact?

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Temperature increase (°C)

Increase due to climatechange

Decrease due to 10dB noisereduction measure

Value of noise reduction measures now and in the future

Humidity

Ventilation

Effect on smell scape

Investigating hemp-

lime

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Measuring material

properties.

Information to help

design simulation tools

Simplified simulation

method that can be linked

with moisture buffer

measurements

Moisture buffering of natural fibre materials

Acknowledgements

Project no. EP/J019917/1

The Hive at BathInteresting initiative from

Bath Uni. EPSRC supported

building research park.

Test cells for research into

hygrothermal performance,

flood and construction load

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Nikolopoulou, M., McGilligan, C., Muneer, T., Tham, Y., Underwood, C.P., Edge, J.S., Du, H., Sharples, S., Kang, J., Barclay,

M., Sanderson, M., 2012. Deriving and using future weather data for building design from UK climate change projections – an

overview of the COPSE Project. (http://www.arcc-network.org.uk/wp-content/pdfs/COPSE-final.pdf)

Slide 6. Barclay, M., Sharples, S., Kang, J., Watkins, R., 2012. The natural ventilation performance of buildings under

alternative future weather projections. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 33, 35 –50.

doi:10.1177/0143624411427460

Slide 7. Wang, B., Kang, J., 2011. Effects of urban morphology on the traffic noise distribution through noise mapping: A

comparative study between UK and China. Applied Acoustics 72, 556–568. doi:doi: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2011.01.011

Slides 8, 9 and 10. Barclay, M., Kang, J., Sharples, S., 2012. Combining noise mapping and ventilation performance for non-

domestic buildings in an urban area. Building and Environment 52, 68–76.

Slide 11. Barclay, M., 2012. PhD thesis

(http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4124/1/MB_Thesis_The_interaction_of_building_energy_use,_ventilation_performance_and_ur

ban_noise_under_future_climate_scenarios.pdf )

Slide 12. Barclay, M., Holcroft, N., Shea, A.D., 2014. Methods to determine whole building hygrothermal performance of

hemp–lime buildings. Building and Environment 80, 204–212. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.06.003