Changing climate in Italian cities and Italian building regulations: Analysis focused on future climate change scenarios

Nowadays, the comfort conditions need to be assured throughout buildings lifetime. The building stock is not designed to cope with the climate variations expected in the coming decades. In this context, the climate classification used by countries to define the climate differences among the various...

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Autores: Berti, Krizia, Bienvenido Huertas, José David, Rubio Bellido, Carlos, Romero Recuero, Irene
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102408
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Palabra clave:Climate classification
Climate zones
Degree days
Energy demand
Italy
Climate change
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title Changing climate in Italian cities and Italian building regulations: Analysis focused on future climate change scenarios
spellingShingle Changing climate in Italian cities and Italian building regulations: Analysis focused on future climate change scenarios
Berti, Krizia
Climate classification
Climate zones
Degree days
Energy demand
Italy
Climate change
title_short Changing climate in Italian cities and Italian building regulations: Analysis focused on future climate change scenarios
title_full Changing climate in Italian cities and Italian building regulations: Analysis focused on future climate change scenarios
title_fullStr Changing climate in Italian cities and Italian building regulations: Analysis focused on future climate change scenarios
title_full_unstemmed Changing climate in Italian cities and Italian building regulations: Analysis focused on future climate change scenarios
title_sort Changing climate in Italian cities and Italian building regulations: Analysis focused on future climate change scenarios
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Berti, Krizia
Bienvenido Huertas, José David
Rubio Bellido, Carlos
Romero Recuero, Irene
author Berti, Krizia
author_facet Berti, Krizia
Bienvenido Huertas, José David
Rubio Bellido, Carlos
Romero Recuero, Irene
author_role author
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Rubio Bellido, Carlos
Romero Recuero, Irene
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author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Construcciones Arquitectónicas II
RNM162: Composición, Arquitectura y Medio Ambiente
Universidad de Granada
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Climate classification
Climate zones
Degree days
Energy demand
Italy
Climate change
topic Climate classification
Climate zones
Degree days
Energy demand
Italy
Climate change
description Nowadays, the comfort conditions need to be assured throughout buildings lifetime. The building stock is not designed to cope with the climate variations expected in the coming decades. In this context, the climate classification used by countries to define the climate differences among the various areas of the country is of great relevance. This study analyses the climate classification of Italy under both current and future climate change scenarios. The aim is to show the obsolescence of the current climate classification regarding climate change by adapting the degree-day methodology to the climate data of the RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5, and RCP 8.5 scenarios in 2050 and 2100. The research shows that the degree-day variations predicted for the coming decades could totally change the configuration of the Italian climate zoning. By maintaining the current climate zoning in future scenarios, most municipalities would move at least one climate zone below, encouraging the thermal inefficiency of Italy's building stock in the coming decades and therefore, increasing the risk of energy poverty in the country.
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