Abstract
Abstract. Buildings are a major source of anthropogenic heat
emissions, impacting energy use and human health in cities. The difference
in magnitude and time lag between building energy consumption and building
anthropogenic heat emission is poorly quantified. Energy consumption
(QEC) is a widely used proxy for the anthropogenic heat
flux from buildings (QF,B). Here we revisit the latter's
definition. If QF,B is the heat emission to the outdoor
environment from human activities within buildings, we can derive it from
the changes in energy balance fluxes between occupied and unoccupied
buildings. Our derivation shows that the difference between QEC and
QF,B is attributable to a change in the storage heat
flux induced by human activities (ΔSo-uo) (i.e. QF,B=QEC-ΔSo-uo). Using building energy
simulations (EnergyPlus) we calculate the energy balance fluxes for a
simplified isolated building (obtaining QF,B, QEC,
ΔSo-uo) with different occupancy
states. The non-negligible differences in diurnal patterns between QF,B and QEC are caused by thermal storage (e.g.
hourly QF,B to QEC ratios vary between −2.72 and
5.13 within a year in Beijing, China). Negative QF,B can
occur as human activities can reduce heat emission from a building but this
is associated with a large storage heat flux. Building operations (e.g.
opening windows, use of space heating and cooling system) modify the
QF,B by affecting not only QEC but also the
ΔSo-uo diurnal profile. Air
temperature and solar radiation are critical meteorological factors
explaining day-to-day variability of QF,B. Our new
approach could be used to provide data for future parameterisations of both
anthropogenic heat flux and storage heat fluxes from buildings. It is
evident that storage heat fluxes in cities could also be impacted by
occupant behaviour.
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UK Research and Innovation
Met Office
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