Abstract
Energy and climate are inextricably linked at scales ranging from individual building to global. At the building scale, energy consumption consists of a base load and a space conditioning load that depend on weather conditions. Energy consumed in buildings is ultimately converted to waste heat. Anthropogenic heat released from buildings affects the urban climate system and produces a feedback on building energy consumption for space conditioning - positive feedback in summer, negative feedback in winter. These interconnections further interact with climate and the growing stresses on our available supplies of energy. This chapter studies these interactions.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Climate Vulnerability |
| Subtitle of host publication | Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 167-182 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Volume | 3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780123847041 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Anthropogenic heat
- Building codes
- Building energy use
- Energy and climate
- Energy codes
- Energy consumption
- Energy policy
- Energy resources
- Sustainable development
- Urban environment
- Urban heat island
- Urban planning
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)