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Lookup NU author(s): Athanasia Apostolopoulou, David Boyd, Dr Carlos CalderonORCiD
This is the authors' accepted manuscript of a conference proceedings (inc. abstract) published in its final definitive form in 2024. For re-use rights please refer to the publishers terms and conditions.
More than 2/5 of world annual energy use comes from residential buildings, of which 97% of them are characterized as energy in-efficient. This means that the refurbishment rate of the housing stock should be increased, making Urban Building Energy Modelling essential for the rapid assessment of energy efficient measures. Nevertheless, due to data challenges, the investigation of the influential parameters on UBEM is needed. While previous research papers focused on wind patterns formed from the terrain surface, a research gap exists in understanding how the terrain surface, affects building energy demand. Therefore, the aim of this research was to estimate the effect of the terrain on Urban Building Energy Modelling. A physics-based bottom-up approach was applied in two neighbourhoods in Nottingham, UK. The results show that the terrain surface is a significant factor for Urban Building Energy modelling, as there is 3% energy demand difference when buildings are projected on the actual location, but the addition as shadow surrounding could be avoided due to the computational time and data storage issues.
Author(s): Apostolopoulou A, Wilson R, Boyd D, Calderon C, Cavazzi S, Jimenez-Bescos C
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: 19th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES)
Year of Conference: 2024
Online publication date: 12/09/2024
Acceptance date: 03/07/2024
Date deposited: 16/08/2024
URL: https://www.rome2024.sdewes.org
ePrints DOI: 10.57711/522j-4w17
