The role of building models in the evaluation of heat-related risks

Buchin, Oliver; Jänicke, Britta; Meier, Fred; Scherer, Dieter; Ziegler, Felix

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-963-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-963-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-963-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

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13 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 13 Apr 2016

The role of building models in the evaluation of heat-related risks

Oliver Buchin, Britta Jänicke, Fred Meier, Dieter Scherer, and Felix Ziegler

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RC C3759: 'Review of 'The role of building models in the evaluation of heat-related risks'', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 May 2015
RC C3813: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Jun 2015
AC C3883: 'Response to Referee #1 and #2', Oliver Buchin, 18 Aug 2015

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Heat-related risk analysis is based on outdoor climates; however, humans are mostly exposed to indoor climates. A novel heat-related risk concept is developed, which includes exposition to the indoor climate. An exemplary calculation of heat-related mortality reveals that the influence of building physics better explains the variability in the risk data. Simplified building models can be used for indoor hazard calculation as long as the main non-linear effects of the buildings are included.