Thermal Stress Testing of Residential Buildings Using Weather Data
Implementing Partner: Build Change
Project name:Thermal Stress Testing of Residential Buildings Using Weather Data in India
This project developed extreme weather files, including heatwave scenarios, to enhance building energy simulations.
Since thermal stress lacks a standard definition, precise measurement is crucial for reliable analysis. Traditional simulations use a single weather file, often missing climate extremes.
Incorporating diverse weather variations improves assessments, optimizing building performance and resilience against thermal stress, ensuring climate-adaptive architectural design strategies.
heatwave days in India
(2012 to 2022)
heatwave frequency in
India
now prone to extreme
heatwaves
Impact
1
The project identified significant differences between typical and extreme temperature loads in residential buildings, offering crucial insights into performance under varying climate conditions. These findings enhance understanding of thermal stress impacts, supporting resilient, climate-adaptive architectural design strategies.
2
Using cluster analysis, the study classified thermal stress across climate types, refining heat stress definitions. This approach enables precise, region-specific design strategies, ensuring adaptive architectural solutions that optimize building performance under varying weather conditions and extreme temperature events.
3
The findings help engineers select optimal materials and refine energy-efficient designs, enhancing building resilience to extreme temperatures. This supports climate-adaptive construction, ensuring long-term sustainability, occupant comfort, and structural durability in evolving environmental conditions.
