New paper: The effect of climate change on office building energy consumption in Japan
17 March 2016
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Dr Ben Croxford (UCL IEDE Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Built Environments) and Toshihiko Shibuya (Director of C.H.C. System Co. Ltd) have collaborated on a paper recently published in Energy and Buildings. The paper is entitled 'The effect of climate change on office building energy consumption in Japan'. Highlights of the paper include:
- Substantial reductions of energy consumption are expected if the full measures are implemented.
- The reduction rates differ in each location and each period due to regional climate characteristics and climate change.
- A brief economic analysis suggests that these measures could be competitive with nuclear power generation.
- Office buildings in Japan can reduce energy requirements and CO2 emissions without resorting to nuclear power generation.