Resilience to increasing temperatures: Residential building stock adaptation through codes and standards

Building Research and Information

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 645-664

  Gangolells, Marta ^a   Casals, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Building performance; Building regulations; Building stock; Climate change; Degree days; Overheating; Spain; Thermal comfort; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; BUILDING REGULATIONS; BUILDING STOCKS; DEGREE-DAYS; OVERHEATING; SPAIN; VULNERABILITY;

BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUILDING CODES;

EID: 84870610341     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2012.698069     Document Type: Article

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