The impact of climate change on air conditioning requirements in Andalusia at a detailed scale

This work calculates the current heating and cooling degree days and also examines heating and cooling degree days in relation to three subdivisions of the twenty-first century. On the basis of these data, we were able to calculate the heating and cooling degree months and degree years. After examin...

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Published in:Theoretical and applied climatology 2018-11, Vol.134 (3-4), p.1047-1063
Main Authors: Limones-Rodríguez, Natalia, Marzo-Artigas, Javier, Pita-López, María Fernanda, Díaz-Cuevas, María Pilar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air
Air conditioners
Air conditioning
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Atmospheric Sciences
Climate adaptation
Climate change
Climate change adaptation
Climate science
Climatology
Cooling
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Energy policy
Environmental impact
Heating
Heating and cooling
Housing policy
Mathematical analysis
Original Paper
Policies
Subdivisions
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:This work calculates the current heating and cooling degree days and also examines heating and cooling degree days in relation to three subdivisions of the twenty-first century. On the basis of these data, we were able to calculate the heating and cooling degree months and degree years. After examining both sets of data, we studied the total needs of air conditioning—also referred to in the current paper as climatization needs——for Andalusia as a whole. The results indicate an increase in air conditioning needs, and we also noted that the areas adversely affected by this increase were more numerous than those which benefited, at the end of the century. It should be noted that climate change will also necessitate the gradual replacement of heating with cooling, which will require profound changes in the energy, land planning, and housing policies of the region. The true magnitude of the challenge becomes clear when the climatization degree days are related to the population which they affect; the majority of the population is located in areas where the climatization needs will increase over the course of the century. Undoubtedly, this issue is a major protagonist in the climate change adaptation process in Andalusia.
ISSN:0177-798X
1434-4483
DOI:10.1007/s00704-017-2324-1