) Project, explores the consequent risk of overheating and the vulnerability of a building to extreme events. A simple … overheating period (May–October) and over 3000 equally probable future climates. Frequency of extreme heat events in changing … climate and its impact on overheating issues for a virtual case study domestic house has been analyzed. Results are presented …

overheating. It has been found that the mean PV temperature and the maximum PV temperature associated with hot spots decrease with … overheating of PV modules and hot spots near the top of modules requires a minimum air gap of 0.12–0.15m for multiple module …

to show increased risk to overheating. There is therefore a growing requirement for a suitable industry standard to … assess overheating risk in the domestic sector, ensuring that both new dwellings and refurbishments to existing dwellings … series of different summertime overheating analyses. Using simple overheating definitions, a case-study dwelling is simulated …

the London heat island. During a hot period, more than 40% of the monitored bedrooms failed the recommended overheating … criteria during the night time. There was some indication of purpose built flats being more prone to overheating. The potential …