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Thermal performance of historic buildings in Mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change

The commitment to energy efficiency in buildings has become more relevant as a measure to mitigate the increase in temperature established by the Paris Climate Conference. This phenomenon has increased in historic buildings, which are not designed to maintain an acceptable level of thermal comfort f...

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Main Authors: Claudia Eréndira Vázquez-Torres, David Bienvenido-Huertas, Arash Beizaee, A Bassam, M Jiménez Torres
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/21681941.v1
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author Claudia Eréndira Vázquez-Torres
David Bienvenido-Huertas
Arash Beizaee
A Bassam
M Jiménez Torres
author_facet Claudia Eréndira Vázquez-Torres
David Bienvenido-Huertas
Arash Beizaee
A Bassam
M Jiménez Torres
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description The commitment to energy efficiency in buildings has become more relevant as a measure to mitigate the increase in temperature established by the Paris Climate Conference. This phenomenon has increased in historic buildings, which are not designed to maintain an acceptable level of thermal comfort for the occupants despite the recent increase in temperature, resulting in intensive energy use. This research evaluates the thermal performance of a passive cooling system in a historic religious building through a correlational method. The analysis included different occupancy levels and the climate model provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The study considered meteorological data from the current scenario (2022) and two chronological progressions throughout the 21st century (2050, 2100). The meteorological database of future projections was collected by the Meteonorm software considering three climate change scenarios, specifically the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP). The objective was to determine the effectiveness of the passive cooling system in mitigating climate change. The findings showed a reduction in radiative and conduction heat gains of 70% in the current scenario and a decrease in temperature for the most unfavourable scenario (RCP 8.5 in 2100) between 1.4 °C and 1.9 °C. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of using efficient passive systems to mitigate climate change in temperate climates.
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spelling rr-article-216819412022-12-16T00:00:00Z Thermal performance of historic buildings in Mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change Claudia Eréndira Vázquez-Torres (11998583) David Bienvenido-Huertas (12040256) Arash Beizaee (1260318) A Bassam (13021887) M Jiménez Torres (14227124) Engineering Human society Climate change Historic building Sustainable energy technologies Preservation risks Passive cooling system <p>The commitment to energy efficiency in buildings has become more relevant as a measure to mitigate the increase in temperature established by the Paris Climate Conference. This phenomenon has increased in historic buildings, which are not designed to maintain an acceptable level of thermal comfort for the occupants despite the recent increase in temperature, resulting in intensive energy use. This research evaluates the thermal performance of a passive cooling system in a historic religious building through a correlational method. The analysis included different occupancy levels and the climate model provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The study considered meteorological data from the current scenario (2022) and two chronological progressions throughout the 21st century (2050, 2100). The meteorological database of future projections was collected by the Meteonorm software considering three climate change scenarios, specifically the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP). The objective was to determine the effectiveness of the passive cooling system in mitigating climate change. The findings showed a reduction in radiative and conduction heat gains of 70% in the current scenario and a decrease in temperature for the most unfavourable scenario (RCP 8.5 in 2100) between 1.4 °C and 1.9 °C. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of using efficient passive systems to mitigate climate change in temperate climates.</p> 2022-12-16T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/21681941.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Thermal_performance_of_historic_buildings_in_Mexico_an_analysis_of_passive_systems_under_the_influence_of_climate_change/21681941 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
spellingShingle Engineering
Human society
Climate change
Historic building
Sustainable energy technologies
Preservation risks
Passive cooling system
Claudia Eréndira Vázquez-Torres
David Bienvenido-Huertas
Arash Beizaee
A Bassam
M Jiménez Torres
Thermal performance of historic buildings in Mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change
title Thermal performance of historic buildings in Mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change
title_full Thermal performance of historic buildings in Mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change
title_fullStr Thermal performance of historic buildings in Mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change
title_full_unstemmed Thermal performance of historic buildings in Mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change
title_short Thermal performance of historic buildings in Mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change
title_sort thermal performance of historic buildings in mexico: an analysis of passive systems under the influence of climate change
topic Engineering
Human society
Climate change
Historic building
Sustainable energy technologies
Preservation risks
Passive cooling system
url https://hdl.handle.net/2134/21681941.v1