Overheating calculation methods, criteria, and indicators in European regulation for residential buildings

Shady Attia; Caroline Benzidane; Ramin Rahif; Deepak Amaripadath; Mohamed Hamdy; Peter Holzer; Annekatrin Koch; Anton Maas; Sven Moosberger; Steffen Petersen; Anna Mavrogianni; Juan Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos; Manuela Almeida; Jan Akander; Hossein Khosravi Bakhtiari; Olivier Kinnane; Risto Kosonen; Salvatore Carlucci

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113170

Overheating calculation methods, criteria, and indicators in European regulation for residential buildings

Shady Attia^*
, Caroline Benzidane
, Ramin Rahif
, Deepak Amaripadath
, Mohamed Hamdy
, Peter Holzer
, Annekatrin Koch
, Anton Maas
, Sven Moosberger
, Steffen Petersen
, Anna Mavrogianni
, Juan Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos
, Manuela Almeida
, Jan Akander
, Hossein Khosravi Bakhtiari
, Olivier Kinnane
, Risto Kosonen
, Salvatore Carlucci

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

With the ongoing significance of overheating calculations in the residential building sector, building codes such as the European Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) are essential for harmonizing the indicators and performance thresholds. This paper investigates Europe's overheating calculation methods, indicators, and thresholds and evaluates their ability to address climate change and heat events. e study aims to identify the suitability of existing overheating calculation methods and propose recommendations for the EPBD. The study results provide a cross-sectional overview of twenty-six European countries. The most influential overheating calculation criteria are listed the best approaches are ranked. The paper provides a thorough comparative assessment and recommendations to align current calculations with climate-sensitive metrics. The results suggest a framework and key performance indicators that are comfort-based, multi-zonal, and time-integrated to calculate overheating and modify the EU's next building energy efficiency regulations. The results can help policymakers and building professionals to develop the next overheating calculation framework and approach for the future development of climate-proof and resilient residential buildings.

Original language	English
Article number	113170
Number of pages	15
Journal	Energy and Buildings
Volume	292
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113170
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2023
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

We want to acknowledge the Sustainable Building Design (SBD) Laboratory at the University of Liege for using the qualitative research protocols in this research and for valuable support during the group discussions and literature review analysis and for the access to the dataset and the use of data analysis boards and software in this research and the valuable support during the analysis of data.

UN SDGs

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

Climate change
EPBD
Heatwave
Indicators
Performance-based
Prescriptive
Summer thermal comfort
Thermal discomfort

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Attia, S., Benzidane, C., Rahif, R., Amaripadath, D., Hamdy, M., Holzer, P., Koch, A., Maas, A., Moosberger, S., Petersen, S., Mavrogianni, A., Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos, J., Almeida, M., Akander, J., Khosravi Bakhtiari, H., Kinnane, O., Kosonen, R., & Carlucci, S. (2023). Overheating calculation methods, criteria, and indicators in European regulation for residential buildings. Energy and Buildings, 292, Article 113170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113170

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Overheating calculation methods, criteria, and indicators in European regulation for residential buildings

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