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UK adaptation strategy and technical measures: the impacts of climate change on buildings 

Authors: C. H. Sanders a; M. C. Phillipson a
Affiliation:   a BRE Scotland, East Kilbride,Glasgow G75 0RZ, UK E-mail: sandersc@bre.co.u.
DOI: 10.1080/0961321032000097638
Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year
Published in: journal Building Research & Information, Volume 31, Issue 3 & 4 May 2003 , pages 210 - 221
Formats available: PDF (English)
Previously published as: Batiment International, Building Research and Practice (0182-3329) until 1991
Previously published as: Building Research and Practice (0306-9931) until 1975
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Abstract

This paper discusses the importance of climate change for the UK building stock and reviews the predictions of the United Kingdom Climate Impacts Programme 2002 (UKCIP02) scenarios for the future climate that are of relevance to buildings and construction. The possible impacts of these changes on flooding, wind damage, driving rain impact, subsidence and the internal environment of buildings are reviewed and the steps that might be taken to mitigate these impacts discussed. The current response of regulators, standardisation bodies, building owners and the insurance industry to these impacts is examined, and it is shown that each body acts in different ways to different impacts. Some bodies, such as government departments responsible for building regulations and the insurance industry, are taking the possibility of climate change very seriously. However, the uncertainty of future climate predictions, especially as regards wind speed, means that it is not easy to incorporate these issues in formal legislation. The whole culture of standardisation, which is based on well-established data, such as mean climate data over the last 30 years, makes it difficult for British and European Standards, which underpin regulations, to react to the changing climate.

Les auteurs examinent l'importance des changements climatiques pour le parc immobilier du Royaume-Uni et passent en revue les preacutevisions des sceacutenarios du Programme 2002 sur les impacts du climat au Royaume-Uni (UKCIP02); ces questions inteacuteressent le secteur du bacirc timent et de la construction. Ils analysent les conseacutequences possibles des changements climatiques en termes d'inondations, de deacutegacirc ts causeacutes par le vent, de preacutecipitations, d'affaissements; ils eacutetudient eacutegalement l'impact sur l'environnement interne des bacirc timents ainsi que les mesures qui pourraient ecirctre prises pour atteacutenuer les conseacutequences de ces changements. Ils examinent ensuite la reacuteponse actuelle donneacutee par les organismes de reacutegulation, les agences de normalisation, les proprieacutetaires de bacirc timents et les compagnies d'assurance; il apparaicirct que chaque entiteacute reacuteagit de fac,on diffeacuterente agrave des impacts diffeacuterents. Certaines, comme des services gouvernementaux responsables de la reacuteglementation en matiegravere de bacirc timents et des compagnies d'assurance prennent tregraves au seacuterieux les conseacutequences possibles des changements climatiques. Toutefois, l'incertitude des preacutevisions climatiques, notamment en ce qui concerne la vitesse du vent, signifie qu'il est difficile d'inteacutegrer ces problegravemes dans la leacutegislation officielle. L'ensemble du paysage normatif, qui repose sur des donneacutees bien eacutetablies, comme les donneacutees climatiques moyennes sur les 30 derniegraveres anneacutees, rend difficile pour les normes britanniques et europeacuteennes, qui sont le fondement de la reacuteglementation, de reacuteagir aux changements climatiques.
Keywords: Building Stock; Climate Change; Governance; Insurance; Risk Management
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