Development of a multi-criteria assessment methodology for integrated resilient cooling strategies

An inexorable increase in energy consumption for the cooling of buildings, and the increase in overheating of buildings is caused by urbanisation and densification, climate change, elevated comfort expectations, and inappropriate architectural design practices. Meeting this challenge requires further development and application of low energy and low carbon cooling solutions. State-of-the-art of individual energy-efficient cooling systems, their performances and guidelines are available. However, these cooling strategies suffer from obstacles that keep them from mass application. This projects focusses on the lack of guaranteed and measurable performances assessment of integrated systems. The objective of this research is to develop a multi-criteria assessment methodology for integrated resilient cooling strategies in residential and school buildings. This knowledge will be translated into guidelines for good design, commissioning and operation with recommendations for the integration of resilient cooling strategies.

Keywords:cooling strategies

Disciplines:Energy conversion