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Article

Dynamics of Changes in Climate Zones and Building Energy Demand. A Case Study in Spain

by
Carmen Díaz-López
1,
Joaquín Jódar
2,
Konstantin Verichev
3,
Miguel Luis Rodríguez
4,
Manuel Carpio
5 and
Montserrat Zamorano
1,*
1
Department of Civil Engineering, ETS Ingenieria de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Campus Fuentenueva s/n, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
2
Department of Mathematics, Campus Las Lagunillas, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
3
Institute of Civil Engineering, Universidad Austral de Chile, General Lagos 2050, Valdivia 5111187, Chile
4
Department of Applied Mathematics, Campus Fuentenueva, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
5
Department of Construction Engineering and Management, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7820436, Chile
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(9), 4261; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094261
Submission received: 16 April 2021 / Revised: 2 May 2021 / Accepted: 5 May 2021 / Published: 8 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Energy Efficiency of Buildings)
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Abstract

In the current context of the climate crisis, it is essential to design buildings that can cope with climate dynamics throughout their life cycle. It will ensure the development of sustainable and resilient building stock. Thus, this study’s primary objective has been to demonstrate that the current climatic zones for buildings in peninsular Spain do not represent the current climatic reality and are not adapted to climate change and the impact on the energy demand of buildings. For this reason, the climatic zones of 7967 peninsular cities have been updated and adapted to the RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios by using the data measured in 77 meteorological reference stations. The results obtained have shown that in more than 80% of the cities, buildings are designed and constructed according to an obsolete climatic classification that does not take into account the current or future climatic reality, which will significantly affect the thermal performance of a building and highlights the need to review the climatic zoning in the country. The results obtained can be extrapolated to other regions. The methodology defined in this work can be used as a reference, thus making an essential scientific contribution in reflecting on current capacities and the possibilities of improving the building stock.
Keywords: climate zone; climate change; building; energy demand; building resilience climate zone; climate change; building; energy demand; building resilience

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Díaz-López, C.; Jódar, J.; Verichev, K.; Rodríguez, M.L.; Carpio, M.; Zamorano, M. Dynamics of Changes in Climate Zones and Building Energy Demand. A Case Study in Spain. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 4261. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094261

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Díaz-López C, Jódar J, Verichev K, Rodríguez ML, Carpio M, Zamorano M. Dynamics of Changes in Climate Zones and Building Energy Demand. A Case Study in Spain. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(9):4261. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094261

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Díaz-López, Carmen, Joaquín Jódar, Konstantin Verichev, Miguel Luis Rodríguez, Manuel Carpio, and Montserrat Zamorano. 2021. "Dynamics of Changes in Climate Zones and Building Energy Demand. A Case Study in Spain" Applied Sciences 11, no. 9: 4261. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094261

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Díaz-López, C., Jódar, J., Verichev, K., Rodríguez, M. L., Carpio, M., & Zamorano, M. (2021). Dynamics of Changes in Climate Zones and Building Energy Demand. A Case Study in Spain. Applied Sciences, 11(9), 4261. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11094261

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