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Baborska-Narożny, M, Stevenson, F and Grudzińska, M (2017) Overheating in retrofitted flats: Occupant practices, learning and interventions. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 40-59.
Birchmore, R, Davies, K, Etherington, P, Tait, R and Pivac, A (2017) Overheating in Auckland homes: Testing and interventions in full-scale and simulated houses. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 157-75.
Gupta, R, Barnfield, L and Gregg, M (2017) Overheating in care settings: Magnitude, causes, preparedness and remedies. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 83-101.
Lee, W V and Steemers, K (2017) Exposure duration in overheating assessments: A retrofit modelling study. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 60-82.
Mavrogianni, A, Pathan, A, Oikonomou, E, Biddulph, P, Symonds, P and Davies, M (2017) Inhabitant actions and summer overheating risk in London dwellings. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 119-42.
McGill, G, Sharpe, T, Robertson, L, Gupta, R and Mawditt, I (2017) Meta-analysis of indoor temperatures in new-build housing. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 19-39.
Meinke, A, Hawighorst, M, Wagner, A, Trojan, J and Schweiker, M (2017) Comfort-related feedforward information: Occupants' choice of cooling strategy and perceived comfort. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 222-38.
Morgan, C, Foster, J A, Poston, A and Sharpe, T R (2017) Overheating in Scotland: Contributing factors in occupied homes. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 143-56.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: occupant behaviour; building performance; passive house; overheating; design; houses; scotland; building evaluation; low-energy buildings; dwellings; performance; thermal comfort; construction & building technology; heat
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2017.1241472
- Abstract:
There is growing awareness of the overheating risks in new-build properties in the UK. However, this tends to be considered a problem principally for the southern regions in the UK, only becoming a serious issue in the north of England in the medium-term and in the long-term for Scotland. This notion tends to be largely predicated upon climate change predictions, differences in latitude and summer air temperatures. This paper describes the results from Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) studies over a two-year period from 26 occupied new-build homes across Scotland which demonstrated incidences of overheating. Results suggest that low-energy buildings are susceptible to overheating despite northerly latitudes, with 54% of houses studied overheating for more than six months annually, and 27% of homes overheating for less than 10% of the year. Evidence indicated that commonly used prediction tools do not appear to anticipate overheating adequately. This paper maps common overheating causes due to design and the role of occupants, identifying the risks due to the regulatory system, prediction and procurement processes, and design and construction. A common finding was that design and occupancy factors appear to have a greater impact on overheating more than location and climatic factors.;There is growing awareness of the overheating risks in new-build properties in the UK. However, this tends to be considered a problem principally for the southern regions in the UK, only becoming a serious issue in the north of England in the medium-term and in the long-term for Scotland. This notion tends to be largely predicated upon climate change predictions, differences in latitude and summer air temperatures. This paper describes the results from Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) studies over a two-year period from 26 occupied new-build homes across Scotland which demonstrated incidences of overheating. Results suggest that low-energy buildings are susceptible to overheating despite northerly latitudes, with 54% of houses studied overheating for more than six months annually, and 27% of homes overheating for less than 10% of the year. Evidence indicated that commonly used prediction tools do not appear to anticipate overheating adequately. This paper maps common overheating causes due to design and the role of occupants, identifying the risks due to the regulatory system, prediction and procurement processes, and design and construction. A common finding was that design and occupancy factors appear to have a greater impact on overheating more than location and climatic factors.; There is growing awareness of the overheating risks in new-build properties in the UK. However, this tends to be considered a problem principally for the southern regions in the UK, only becoming a serious issue in the north of England in the medium-term and in the long-term for Scotland. This notion tends to be largely predicated upon climate change predictions, differences in latitude and summer air temperatures. This paper describes the results from Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) studies over a two-year period from 26 occupied new-build homes across Scotland which demonstrated incidences of overheating. Results suggest that low-energy buildings are susceptible to overheating despite northerly latitudes, with 54% of houses studied overheating for more than six months annually, and 27% of homes overheating for less than 10% of the year. Evidence indicated that commonly used prediction tools do not appear to anticipate overheating adequately. This paper maps common overheating causes due to design and the role of occupants, identifying the risks due to the regulatory system, prediction and procurement processes, and design and construction. A common finding was that design and occupancy factors appear to have a greater impact on overheating more than location and climatic factors.;
Symonds, P, Taylor, J, Mavrogianni, A, Davies, M, Shrubsole, C, Hamilton, I and Chalabi, Z (2017) Overheating in English dwellings: Comparing modelled and monitored large-scale datasets. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 195-208.
Thomas, L E (2017) Combating overheating: Mixed-mode conditioning for workplace comfort. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 176-94.
Vellei, M, Ramallo-González, A P, Coley, D, Lee, J, Gabe-Thomas, E, Lovett, T and Natarajan, S (2017) Overheating in vulnerable and non-vulnerable households. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 102-18.
Zhang, Z, Zhang, Y and Jin, L (2017) Thermal comfort of rural residents in a hot-humid area. Building Research & Information, 45(01), 209-21.