Effects of Climate Change on Building Energy Demand and Thermal Comfort in Buildings

The growth of urban population as a result of economic and industrial development has transformed our habitat from a prosperous place to one of careless resource consumption. On the other hand, long-term climate change, i.e., global warming, has had an adverse impact on our resources. Some resources are on the verge of being depleted due to climate change and indiscriminate consumption of resources, unless serious measures are implemented immediately. Building sector whose contribution to urban energy consumption Significantly higher, is a key player that may successfully solve the problem. In this paper, the impact of climate change on building energy demand and thermal comfort in buildings has been examined. Currently, most countries are grappling with the dual challenge of reducing greenhouse gases and climate change in the building sector. However, their efforts in addressing this challenge and stabilizing climate change. The building sector has tremendous potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at relatively low costs. Long-term climate change (e.g., global warming) is driving an increase in energy consumption for cooling demand, which contributes much more to the total energy consumption of buildings than heating demand. Therefore, to conserve its resources, urban energy planning and management should focus on creating an appropriate framework of guidelines on how to reduce cooling loads in building energy consumption patterns. It was also shown that in summer and spring, entry into the thermal stress zone is external, while in cold seasons, entry into the thermal comfort zone is external.