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Approaches used to evaluate passive measures related to residential buildings deal principally with their incidence in energy demand and overheating risks. The first approach considers that all buildings are equipped with air conditioning systems, and the second one that they are naturally conditioned. But in the Mediterranean Region, due to different climate severities, and considering socio-economically vulnerable population, these systems may not exist, cannot be used, or have a very limited use. On the other hand, evaluation of indoor thermal environments should take into account that population living in residential buildings are intergenerational and varied, and should all be protected from future changing conditions through a Climate-Ready Architecture. Case Studies of two typical residential building typologies located in ten different locations in Southern Europe have been studied from both approaches, allowing an assessment of this challenge.
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Notes
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Oporto is excluded in the mean values of cooling demand in these cases, due to its low demand.
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In the current scenario and in T5 Typology, only cooling demand percentages in first floor are considered because in the ground floor, demand increase is very variable. However, both floors are considered in mean energy demand values (kWh/m2Â a).
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Oporto is excluded in the average values of cooling demand in these cases, due to its low-energy demand.
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Footnote 3 Idem.
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In the current scenario and in T5 typology, only first floor cooling demands are considered, since on the ground floor the increase in demand is quite variable. In absolute values, both floors are considered.
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In T1 Typology, with a sloped roof with ceramic tiles, variation in roof’s albedo has not been considered since it is not a usual solution.
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We would like to thank MarÃa Dolores Juri, student in the Master’s Degree in Environmental Management and Building Design, MDGAE in University of Navarra (Spain), who carry out the Master’s Thesis titled ‘Resiliencia al cambio climático en viviendas del sur de Europa de climas mediterráneos’. Also to Cristina Guell, for her assistance in the elaboration of overheating graphs.
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Monge-Barrio, A., Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez, A. (2018). Incidence of Passive Measures in a Climate-Ready Architecture. Attending to Energy Demands and Overheating Risks. In: Passive Energy Strategies for Mediterranean Residential Buildings. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69883-0_8
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