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Climate change is projected to have severe impacts on the frequency and intensity of peak electricity demand across the United States Open
Significance The existing empirical literature on the impacts of climate change on the electricity sector has focused on changing electricity consumption patterns. In this paper, we show that incorporating impacts on the frequency and inte…
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Changes of heating and cooling degree‐days in Europe from 1981 to 2100 Open
During the last decades, the effects of global warming have become apparent also in Europe, causing relevant impacts in many sectors. Under projected future global warming, such a tendency can be expected to persist until the end of this c…
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Improving the SDG energy poverty targets: Residential cooling needs in the Global South Open
With growing health risks from rising temperatures in the Global South, the lack of essential indoor cooling is increasingly seen as a dimension of energy poverty and human well-being. Air conditioning (AC) is expected to increase signific…
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Energy Consumption Forecasting for University Sector Buildings Open
Reliable energy forecasting helps managers to prepare future budgets for their buildings. Therefore, a simple, easier, less time consuming and reliable forecasting model which could be used for different types of buildings is desired. In t…
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From Residential Energy Demand to Fuel Poverty: Income-induced Non-linearities in the Reactions of Households to Energy Price Fluctuations Open
The residential energy demand is growing steadily and the trend is expected to continue in the near future. At the same time, under the impulse of economic crises and environmental and energy policies, many households have experienced redu…
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Air-quality-related health impacts from climate change and from adaptation of cooling demand for buildings in the eastern United States: An interdisciplinary modeling study Open
This study examines the contribution of future air-pollution-related health damages that are caused by the power sector through heat-driven air conditioning adaptation in buildings. Results show that without intervention, approximately 5%-…
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Application of Machine Learning for Predicting Building Energy Use at Different Temporal and Spatial Resolution under Climate Change in USA Open
Given the urgency of climate change, development of fast and reliable methods is essential to understand urban building energy use in the sector that accounts for 40% of total energy use in USA. Although machine learning (ML) methods may o…
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On the Impact of Climate Change on Building Energy Consumptions: A Meta-Analysis Open
The body of literature on climate change impacts on building energy consumption is rising, driven by the urgency to implement adaptation measures. Nevertheless, the multitude of prediction methodologies, future scenarios, as well as climat…
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Implications of Increasing Household Air Conditioning Use Across the United States Under a Warming Climate Open
Soaring temperatures and increased occurrence of heatwaves have drastically increased air‐conditioning demand, a trend that will likely continue into the future. Yet, the impact of anthropogenic warming on household air conditioning is lar…
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Cooling Degree Models and Future Energy Demand in the Residential Sector. A Seven-Country Case Study Open
The intensity and duration of hot weather and the number of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, are increasing, leading to a growing need for space cooling energy demand. Together with the building stock’s low energy performance, th…
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A study on influencing factors of optimum insulation thickness of exterior walls for rural traditional dwellings in northeast of Sichuan hills, China Open
Thermal performance of exterior walls can be improved with increasing insulation thickness, but the corresponding material cost will also rise. Therefore, the optimum thickness of insulation material necessarily exists when the economy is …
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Efficiency improvement and technology choice for energy and emission reductions of the residential sector Open
The residential sector currently accounts for one fifth of global energy use and corresponding greenhouse gas emissions, largely driven by increasing demand for space heating and cooling. Climate change mitigation action requires these to …
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A multi-paradigm framework to assess the impacts of climate change on end-use energy demand Open
Projecting the long-term trends in energy demand is an increasingly complex endeavor due to the uncertain emerging changes in factors such as climate and policy. The existing energy-economy paradigms used to characterize the long-term tren…
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Incorporating homeowners' preferences of heating technologies in the UK TIMES model Open
Hot water and space heating account for about 80% of total energy consumption in the residential sector in the UK. It is thus crucial to decarbonise residential heating to achieve UK's 2050 greenhouse gas reduction targets. However, the de…
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Investigation of the trends of electricity demands in Jordan and its susceptibility to the ambient air temperature towards sustainable electricity generation Open
Background Efficient production and reliable availability of electricity requires comprehensive understanding of load demand trends to plan and match production with consumption. Although electricity demand depends on a combination of cult…
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A novel approach for estimating residential space heating demand Open
Energy system models on country level usually contain multiple energy carriers at different granularity. While data is comparably rich in terms of temporal and spatial resolution for the electricity part, much less is known for heat. Espec…
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Unlocking demand response in commercial buildings: Empirical response of commercial buildings to daily cooling set point adjustments Open
Buildings represent over half of global electricity demand. Cooling buildings already accounts for over 9% of global electricity demand and is expected to grow rapidly due to climate-change induced hot-spells and increasing prosperity in d…
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A Review of Studies Involving the Effects of Climate Change on the Energy Consumption for Building Heating and Cooling Open
The world is faced with significant climate change, rapid urbanization, massive energy consumption, and tremendous pressure to reduce greenhouse gases. Building heating and cooling is one primary source of energy consumption and anthropoge…
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Country-level energy demand for cooling has increased over the past two decades Open
Cooling degree days provide a simple indicator to represent how temperature drives energy demand for cooling. We investigate, at country level, the changes in cooling degree days worldwide in a recent twenty-one-year period starting in 200…
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Heating and Cooling Degree-Days Maps of Pakistan Open
The building sector consumes about 40% of the world’s primary energy. Seasonal climatic conditions have a significant effect on the energy consumption in buildings. One of the famous methods used for decoding this seasonal variation in bui…
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Determinants of household electricity consumption in Greece: a statistical analysis Open
Over the last decades, the contemporary way of living, as well as the technology development, has increased the household electricity consumption. The excessive use of electricity has a negative impact on the environment, increasing the ca…
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Historical global gridded degree‐days: A high‐spatial resolution database of CDD and HDD Open
Cooling and heating degree‐days (CDD/HDD) are important metrics used in energy studies as a proxy for determining demand and consumption patterns of residential/commercial buildings and work spaces. Driven by the requirements of energy imp…
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Indices of Canada’s future climate for general and agricultural adaptation applications Open
This study evaluates regional-scale projections of climate indices that are relevant to climate change impacts in Canada. We consider indices of relevance to different sectors including those that describe heat conditions for different cro…
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A New Method for Contrasting Energy Performance and Near-Zero Energy Building Requirements in Different Climates and Countries Open
In this study a robust method enabling one to compare the energy performance in different climates was developed. Derived normalization factors allow “to move” the building from one climate to another with corresponding changes in heating,…
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Quantifying the economic impact of changes in energy demand for space heating and cooling systems under varying climatic scenarios Open
The building sector is highly sensitive to climate change, where energy is used for numerous purposes such as heating, cooling, cooking and lighting. Space heating and cooling account for a large proportion of overall energy use, and the a…
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Climate-resilient building energy efficiency retrofit: Evaluating climate change impacts on residential buildings Open
Buildings have the potential to mitigate climate change effects by integrating energy-efficient solutions. Building resilient design strategies based on forthcoming weather predictions offers an effective means of adaptation. The study foc…
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The link between climate and thermal energy demand on national level: A case study on Switzerland Open
Climate change motivates the pursuit of more efficient solutions for heating and cooling of buildings in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While many investigations have been made into how efficiencies can be improved on a technolo…
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Bleaching in the Ryukyu Islands in 2016 and associated Degree Heating Week threshold Open
suffered from extensive bleaching.The most severe bleaching occurred in Ishigaki Island, with 90% and 40-55% corals bleached in Sekisei Lagoon and Shiraho Reef, respectively (Fig. 1a).In Okinawa, 50-80% of corals were bleached (Fig. 1b).Th…
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Crowdsourcing Urban Air Temperature Data for Estimating Urban Heat Island and Building Heating/Cooling Load in London Open
Urban heat island (UHI) effects significantly impact building energy. Traditional UHI investigation methods are often incapable of providing the high spatial density of observations required to distinguish small-scale temperature differenc…
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Climate change impacts on future residential electricity consumption and energy burden: A case study in Phoenix, Arizona Open
Transitioning to an equitable electricity sector requires a deep understanding of a warming climate's impacts on vulnerable populations. A vital climate adaptation measure is deploying air-conditioning (AC), but AC use can increase househo…