A comparison of structural and behavioural adaptations to future proofing buildings against higher temperatures

Building and Environment

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 159-166

  Coley, David ^a   Kershaw, Tristan ^b   Eames, Matt ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation of buildings; Climate change; Resilience; Risk; Thermal simulation; UKCP09

Indexed keywords

BUILDING DESIGN; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; RESILIENCE; STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION; THERMAL MASS; THERMAL SIMULATIONS; UKCP09; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RISKS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84860446015     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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