Weather data with climate change scenarios
By: [John Parkinson and others]
Contributors: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Series: CIBSE TM -- 34; TM (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers) -- 34.
Publisher: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781680150124; 9781903287491
Subjects: Sustainable buildings; Sustainable architecture; Climatic changes; Constructions durables; Architecture durable; Climat; Changements; Climate change
Description: Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing mankind. Buildings and their services will be affected. CIBSE TM34: Weather data with climate change scenarios gives some data to help engineers assess the affects. However, there are a number of IPCC scenarios suggesting how greenhouse gases will change in the future which are used with climate models. Hence there is a range of temperature increases from the models. One model, from the Hadley Centre of the Met Office, has been used to generate the data presented in this TM, and the general results of the model have been detailed by UKCIP in its recent publications. So the engineer has to bear in mind the range when using the data presented in TM34. --
Notes: Title from PDF title page (viewed on 12 April, 2006).
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Introduction -- -- 2.; title: Climate prediction uncertainty and the Hadley model:; title: CO2 concentrations ; Future developments in climate prediction -- -- 3.; title: Project tasks -- -- 4.; title: Scenarios available -- -- 5.; title: Single example year for 2080s -- -- 6.; title: Data sources:; title: HADRM3 data ; Variables ; UKCIP02 information ; Measured historical data -- -- 7.; title: Format of the results:; title: Comparisons used -- -- 8.; title: Guide J, section 3: Weather and building services:; title: Summary statistics for UK sites ; Sunshine hours ; Average monthly sunshine hours -- -- 9.; title: Guide J, section 4: UK data for manual design:; title: UK cold weather data ; UK warm weather data ; Accumulated temperature difference (degree-days and degree-hours) ; UK weather for an example year -- -- 10.; title: Conclusions:; title: Implications for building designers.