Creating granular climate zones for future-proof building design in the UK
dc.contributor.author | Xie, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Eames, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Mylona, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Davies, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Challenor, P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-03T10:05:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-12-28 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-01-02T19:55:45Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Climate zones play an important role in promoting climate responsive building design and implementing climate-specific prescriptions in national building standards and regulations. The existing studies on climate zoning are subject to several limitations, i.e. the incapability of distinguishing microclimates and the lack of consideration of climate change. In this research, we propose a two-tiered ensemble clustering method for the identification of granular climate zones using the projections of future climate. The first tier identifies primary climate zones using a combination of climatic features and geographical locations, whereas the second tier identifies distinct local variations within each primary climate zone using the temperature related features. The proposed ensemble clustering model is applied to the UK to create a mapping of granular climate zones for future proofing building design. The method identified 14 distinct primary zones and distinguished microclimates at a range of scales from large urban areas, such as the Greater London Area, to national parks, such as Dartmoor and the Pennines. The identified mapping resolves two major obstacles in the creation and usage of weather data for building performance assessment in the UK, i.e. the lack of guidance for selecting weather files, and the absence of scientific rationale for representing the UK climate using the current 14 locations. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Innovate UK | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 122549-122549 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 357, article 122549 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122549 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 12939 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/134877 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_GB |
dc.subject | Climate zone | en_GB |
dc.subject | Weather files | en_GB |
dc.subject | Building performance assessment | en_GB |
dc.subject | Clustering analysis | en_GB |
dc.subject | Ensemble learning | en_GB |
dc.title | Creating granular climate zones for future-proof building design in the UK | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-03T10:05:01Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0306-2619 | |
exeter.article-number | 122549 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Elsevier via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability: Datasets related to this article can be found at https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk, hosted at the CEDA archive. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Applied Energy | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-12-21 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-12-28 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-01-03T10:02:35Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2024-01-03T10:12:39Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
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