Development of future weather data using global warming projection: Research on future weather data for designing building and equipment which are adaptable to climate change

Abstract

Abstract It would be useful for building designers to consider future climate change by using building thermal simulations to construct a building adaptable to global warming. Future weather data including future changes to climate are needed as input data to conduct building thermal simulations. In this report, a method to produce hourly future weather data is presented. The method combines real current hourly weather data with results from climate models. Hourly future weather data at 833 stations for 2040s and 2090s have been developed and applied to heat load calculations of office buildings.

Keywords

• built environment
• climate change
• future weather data
• global warming
• simulation