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Modeling the impact of climate change on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions of buildings in Iran

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In this study, it has been attempted to quantify model climate change effects of the coming decades on energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions of a dominant building brigade under hot and humid climates on the southern coast of Iran, based on three stations of Bushehr, Bandar Abbas and Chabahar. In this research, the Meteonorm and DesignBuilder software have been used for climate and thermal simulation of building. One of the results of this study is the increase in temperature and relative humidity for the coming decades for all three study stations. The findings of this study showed that the average annual temperature for the 2060s compared to the present decade, will increase by 2.82 °C for Bandar Abbas, by 2.79 °C for Bushehr and for Chabahar it will reach 2.14 °C. This increase in temperature has led to an increase in discomfort warmer days and a decrease in discomfort cold days. But given the climatic type of the area, a decrease in the heating energy demand for the coming decades will not have a significant effect on the pattern of energy consumption inside buildings. Because for two stations of Bandar Abbas and Chabahar, more than 95% of the energy demand for the 2060s is for cooling energy demand, which is about 80% of energy for Bushehr. In total, due to the increased demand for cooling energy in the coming decades, this will further increase carbon dioxide emissions, which is higher in Chabahar than in other study stations.

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This paper is obtained from a sabbatical by first author of paper, which is conducted at the National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute Moscow Russia. First of all, I would like to thank the Golestan University that sponsored the research project. I also thank the members of Laboratory of Global Energy Problems (NIL GGE) of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University) who provided the facilities and resources needed to conduct the research project. The authors of the paper are finally very grateful to referees for the useful comments that have been improved the paper.

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Highlights

• In this research, the Meteonorm and DesignBuilder software have been used for climate and building simulations.

• Based on the thermal comfort thresholds and the PMV bioclimatic index, the pattern of comfort days, discomfort cold and hot days’ conditions were monitored for the current and future periods.

• Due to global warming, although a number of the discomfort cold days have been decreasing, this model change has little effect on the pattern of buildings' heating energy consumption in the coming decades.

• Given the increasing trend of discomfort warm days, more than 95% of the energy demand for the next decades for Bandar Abbas and Chabahar stations will be due to cooling, whereas it will constitute more than 80% for Bushehr.

• In total, due to the increased demand for cooling energy for all three study stations in the coming decades, this will further increase carbon dioxide emissions.

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Roshan, G., Arab, M. & Klimenko, V. Modeling the impact of climate change on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions of buildings in Iran. J Environ Health Sci Engineer 17, 889–906 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40201-019-00406-6

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