Resilience of vernacular and modernising dwellings in three climatic zones to climate change

Abstract Climate change impacts buildings in multiple ways, including extreme weather events and thermal stresses. Rural India comprising 65% of the population is characterised by vernacular dwellings evolved over time to passively regulate and maintain comfortable indoors. Increasing modernization...

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Autores principales:	Khadeeja Henna, Aysha Saifudeen, Monto Mani
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ad6751a06c7a43eb9fcd4c71a6009f472021-12-02T16:55:33ZResilience of vernacular and modernising dwellings in three climatic zones to climate change10.1038/s41598-021-87772-02045-2322https://doaj.org/article/ad6751a06c7a43eb9fcd4c71a6009f472021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87772-0https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Climate change impacts buildings in multiple ways, including extreme weather events and thermal stresses. Rural India comprising 65% of the population is characterised by vernacular dwellings evolved over time to passively regulate and maintain comfortable indoors. Increasing modernization in rural habitations (transitions) evident from the ingress of modern materials and electro-mechanical appliances undermines the ability of building envelopes to passively regulate and maintain comfortable indoors. While such trends are deemed good for the economy, their underlying implications in terms of climate change have not been adequately examined. The current study evaluates the climate-resilience of vernacular dwellings and those undergoing transitions in response to three climate-change scenarios, viz, A1B (rapid economic growth fuelled by balanced use of energy sources), A2 (regionally sensitive economic development) and B1 (structured economic growth and adoption of clean and resource efficient technologies). The study examines dwellings characteristic to three rural settlements representing three major climate zones in India and involves both real-time monitoring and simulation-based investigation. The study is novel in investigating the impact of climate change on indoor thermal comfort in rural dwellings, adopting vernacular and modern materials. The study revealed higher resilience of vernacular dwellings in response to climate change.Khadeeja HennaAysha SaifudeenMonto ManiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
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description	Abstract Climate change impacts buildings in multiple ways, including extreme weather events and thermal stresses. Rural India comprising 65% of the population is characterised by vernacular dwellings evolved over time to passively regulate and maintain comfortable indoors. Increasing modernization in rural habitations (transitions) evident from the ingress of modern materials and electro-mechanical appliances undermines the ability of building envelopes to passively regulate and maintain comfortable indoors. While such trends are deemed good for the economy, their underlying implications in terms of climate change have not been adequately examined. The current study evaluates the climate-resilience of vernacular dwellings and those undergoing transitions in response to three climate-change scenarios, viz, A1B (rapid economic growth fuelled by balanced use of energy sources), A2 (regionally sensitive economic development) and B1 (structured economic growth and adoption of clean and resource efficient technologies). The study examines dwellings characteristic to three rural settlements representing three major climate zones in India and involves both real-time monitoring and simulation-based investigation. The study is novel in investigating the impact of climate change on indoor thermal comfort in rural dwellings, adopting vernacular and modern materials. The study revealed higher resilience of vernacular dwellings in response to climate change.
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title	Resilience of vernacular and modernising dwellings in three climatic zones to climate change
title_short	Resilience of vernacular and modernising dwellings in three climatic zones to climate change
title_full	Resilience of vernacular and modernising dwellings in three climatic zones to climate change
title_fullStr	Resilience of vernacular and modernising dwellings in three climatic zones to climate change
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Resilience of vernacular and modernising dwellings in three climatic zones to climate change

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