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Title: Trends of climate change and air-conditioning load of residential buildings in China
Authors: Zhang, Q
Lou, C
Yang, H 
Issue Date: 2006
Source: Journal of Asian architecture and building engineering, 2006, v. 5, no. 2, p. 435-441
Abstract: In this paper, using historical weather observations, the trends of outdoor temperature and solar radiation were analyzed. A model to estimate cooling degree-hours was developed using daily average temperature and solar radiation as parameters. Using heating/cooling load models developed by the authors in previous studies, trends of heating and cooling loads of residential buildings at 22 Chinese locations were clarified. The main conclusions from this study are as follows: (1) The yearly average dry-bulb temperature has risen by 1.0 degree during the period of 1961-2000; (2) The increasing rate of outdoor temperature in January is larger than that in July; (3) Solar radiation is decreasing at most of the 22 locations; there is little difference between seasons in the decreasing trends; (4) The heating load is decreasing at all the 22 locations; (5) The increasing rate of cooling load is positive at some locations while negative at others; (6) With the improvement of thermal insulation of buildings, heating and cooling loads will be less affected by climate change.
Keywords: Climate change
Temperature
Solar radiation
Heating load
Cooling load
Publisher: Architectural Institute of Japan
Journal: Journal of Asian architecture and building engineering 
DOI: 10.3130/jaabe.5.435
Rights: © 2018 Architectural Institute of Japan
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The following publication Zhang, Q., Lou, C., & Yang, H. (2006). Trends of climate change and air-conditioning load of residential buildings in China. Journal of Asian architecture and building engineering, 5(2), 435-441 is available at https://doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.5.435
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