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Reports Summarize Environmental Building Study Results from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Nexus of Thermal Resilience and Energy Efficiency In Buildings: a Case Study of a Nursing Home). Date: Aug. 21, 2020 From: Ecology, Environment & Conservation Publisher: NewsRX LLC Document Type: Article Length: 530 words Content Level: (Level 5) Lexile Measure: 1440L
Full Text: 2020 AUG 21 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Ecology, Environment & Conservation -- Fresh data on Environmental Building are presented in a new report. According to news reporting out of Berkeley, California, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, "Extreme weather events become more frequent and severe due to climate change. Although energy efficiency technologies can influence thermal resilience of buildings, they are traditionally studied separately, and their interconnections are rarely quantified."
Financial support for this research came from Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Building Technologies of the United States Department of Energy.
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, "This study developed a methodology of modeling and analysis to provide insights into the nexus of thermal resilience and energy efficiency of buildings. We conducted a case study of a real nursing home in Florida, where 12 patients died during Hurricane Irma in 2017 due to HVAC system power loss, to understand and quantify how passive and active energy efficiency measures (EEMs) can improve thermal resilience to reduce heat-exposure risk of patients. Results show that passive measures of opening windows and doors for natural ventilation, as well as miscellaneous load reduction, are very effective in eliminating the extreme dangerous occasions. However, to maintain safe conditions, active measures such as on-site power generators and thermal storage are also needed. The nursing home was further studied by changing its location to two other cities: San Francisco (mild climate) and Chicago (cold winter and hot summer). Results revealed that the EEMs' impacts on thermal resilience vary significantly by climate and building characteristics. The study also estimated the costs of EEMs to help stakeholders prioritize the measures. Passive measures that may not save energy may greatly improve thermal resilience, and thus should be considered in building design or retrofit."
According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Findings from this study indicate energy efficiency technologies should be evaluated not only by their energy savings performance but also by their influence on a building's resilience to extreme weather events."
For more information on this research see: Nexus of Thermal Resilience and Energy Efficiency In Buildings: a Case Study of a Nursing Home. Building and Environment, 2020;177():. Building and Environment can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Building and Environment - www.journals.elsevier.com/building-and-environment/)
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Tianzhen Hong, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Bldg Technol & Urban Syst Div, One Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States. Additional authors for this research include Kaiyu Sun and Michael Specian.
Keywords for this news article include: Berkeley, California, United States, North and Central America, Environmental Building, Risk and Prevention, Technology, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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The citation for this news report is: NewsRx. Reports Summarize Environmental Building Study Results from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Nexus of Thermal Resilience and Energy Efficiency In Buildings: a Case Study of a Nursing Home). Ecology, Environment & Conservation. August 21, 2020; p 1227.
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Resilience and Energy Efficiency In Buildings: a Case Study of a Nursing Home)." Ecology, Environment & Conservation, 21 Aug. 2020, p. 1227. Gale In Context: Global Issues, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A632667816/GIC?u=uphoenix&sid=GIC&xid=ece1b8e6. Accessed 22 Jan. 2021.
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