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
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6 issues per year
Subjects:
Built Environment;
Design;
Environment & the City;
Environmental Geography;
Urban Economics;
Urban Policy;
Urban Studies;
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Building Research and Practice
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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 pr visions des sc narios du Programme 2002 sur les impacts du climat au Royaume-Uni (UKCIP02); ces questions int ressent le secteur du b timent et de la construction. Ils analysent les cons quences possibles des changements climatiques en termes d'inondations, de d g ts caus s par le vent, de pr cipitations, d'affaissements; ils tudient galement l'impact sur l'environnement interne des b timents ainsi que les mesures qui pourraient tre prises pour att nuer les cons quences de ces changements. Ils examinent ensuite la r ponse actuelle donn e par les organismes de r gulation, les agences de normalisation, les propri taires de b timents et les compagnies d'assurance; il appara t que chaque entit r agit de fac,on diff rente des impacts diff rents. Certaines, comme des services gouvernementaux responsables de la r glementation en mati re de b timents et des compagnies d'assurance prennent tr s au s rieux les cons quences possibles des changements climatiques. Toutefois, l'incertitude des pr visions climatiques, notamment en ce qui concerne la vitesse du vent, signifie qu'il est difficile d'int grer ces probl mes dans la l gislation officielle. L'ensemble du paysage normatif, qui repose sur des donn es bien tablies, comme les donn es climatiques moyennes sur les 30 derni res ann es, rend difficile pour les normes britanniques et europ ennes, qui sont le fondement de la r glementation, de r agir aux changements climatiques.
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| Keywords: Building Stock; Climate Change; Governance; Insurance; Risk Management |
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