Weather data with climate change scenarios /

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing mankind. Buildings and their services will be affected. CIBSE TM34: Weather data with climate change scenarios gives some data to help engineers assess the affects. However, there are a number of IPCC scenarios suggesting how greenhouse gases wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Otros Autores: Parkinson, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, Ã2004.
Colección:TM (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) ; 34.
Temas:
Sustainable buildings.
Sustainable architecture.
Climatic changes.
Constructions durables.
Architecture durable.
Climat > Changements.
climate change.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Climate prediction uncertainty and the Hadley model: CO2 concentrations ; Future developments in climate prediction
  • 3. Project tasks
  • 4. Scenarios available
  • 5. Single example year for 2080s
  • 6. Data sources: HADRM3 data ; Variables ; UKCIP02 information ; Measured historical data
  • 7. Format of the results: Comparisons used
  • 8. Guide J, section 3: Weather and building services: Summary statistics for UK sites ; Sunshine hours ; Average monthly sunshine hours
  • 9. Guide J, section 4: UK data for manual design: UK cold weather data ; UK warm weather data ; Accumulated temperature difference (degree-days and degree-hours) ; UK weather for an example year
  • 10. Conclusions: Implications for building designers.

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