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Petrovska, Ana and Brotas, Luisa (2014) Towards zero carbon homes in Europe. In: 4th Masters Conference: People and Buildings, 19 September 2014, London, UK.
Climate change is a serious problem that mankind in facing at the start of the 21st century. Its environmental, social and economic impact has irreversible consequences and serious actions at local and global scale need to be taken to minimise its effects and recover part of the damage already done. It is well known that climate change has a major effect on the health and well being of occupants and the energy consumption of buildings. A rising awareness is now given to an increasing use of active systems for cooling and associated carbon emissions as well as the risk of overheating in buildings.
The domestic sector accounts for almost 30% of energy consumption in the UK. The UK’s target for all new homes to meet the ‘Zero Carbon Standard’ from 2016 comes in line with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive target for all new buildings in the EU to be ‘Nearly Zero Energy Buildings’ from 2020.
This paper examines whether the UK’s proposed standard for Zero Carbon Homes is adequate and appropriate given the foresight climatic changes in the near future for different location across Europe.
The methodology relies on advanced dynamic building simulation software to calculate the energy consumption and thermal comfort parameters of dwellings on top, middle and ground floor of a building. The results will be presented for a series of climates and locations in Europe and using climatic predictions from 2020, 2050 and 2080 assessing the adaptive overheating criteria and looking at primary energy consumption of the different scenarios.
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