Indoor Overheating Risk and Climate Change. Modelling sensitivity of building design parameters for a free-running building.

Central to this study is the significance of making adaptation decisions whose success in achieving resilience to indoor overheating, remain effective both in the short term and long term future. This is in the context of climate change and the varying ranges of uncertain trajectories that may happen during a building’s service life in a developing country (Kenya). The study takes a quantified approach to guiding adaptation decisions by using a methodology that allows appraisal of different design options for an extended timescale (1990 to 2100). Seven adaptation interventions relative to achieving thermal comfort in a free-running non-domestic building have been examined, assessed and ranked with respect to their effectiveness for two timescales (1990 and 2080). The results suggest that decision making between the different design measures and adaptation to climate change options can be enhanced by including the effects of potential future conditions. Ultimately, aiding to achieve robust indoor spaces that can anticipate and adjust to overheating.