{"id":4531,"date":"2019-10-08T21:30:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T21:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hihenergy.com\/?p=4531"},"modified":"2020-01-30T05:36:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T05:36:20","slug":"climate-resiliency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/news\/climate-resiliency\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Resiliency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If Carbon emissions were reduced to zero today, mean global temperatures will continue to increase due to the Carbon emissions that have already released.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> This creates challenges for Engineers when designing buildings and infrastructure that must meet the needs for today, but also consider the impact of future changes in climate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6815 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IPCC1-1024x543-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IPCC1-1024x543-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IPCC1-1024x543-2-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IPCC1-1024x543-2-768x407.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>Figure 1 &#8211; Observed Global temperature change and modelled response to emission pathways Figure 1 &#8211; Observed Global temperature change and modelled response to emission pathways<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><strong>[2]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Emissions Reduction &amp; Resilient Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When designing high efficiency buildings and infrastructure, Engineers are increasingly considering Low Carbon Resilience (LCR) in the design process. LCR is a concept of strategically aligning climate adaptation and emissions reduction to enhance the effectiveness of both strategies, avoid risks, and generate economic, ecological, and social benefits.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6817 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-2.jpg 397w, https:\/\/impacteng.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Image-2-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/>LCR for Buildings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With increasing global temperatures, building designers often make allowances for larger building mechanical systems.\u00a0 This will lead to an increase in energy usage and \u00a0higher GHG emissions.\u00a0 By applying the LCR concept, this conflict can be managed or avoided.<\/p>\n<p>As an example, instead of increasing the air conditioning capacity for a building, implementing passive house design strategies such as high performance envelope systems and exterior shading will reduce building cooling demand. \u00a0It is this adoption of active and passive strategies that will help building designers develop optimized solutions for future projects.<\/p>\n<p>Contact us for more information on this subject and about how we can help your buildings transition to a low carbon, climate resilient pathway.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">References:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> IPCC 2014 \u2013 AR5 Syntheses Report \u2013 Climate Change &lt; https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar5\/syr\/&gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[2] <\/a>IPCC 2018 Special Report \u2013 Global Warming of 1.5C &lt;https:\/\/report.ipcc.ch\/sr15\/pdf\/sr15_spm_final.pdf&gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[3] <\/a>SFU Adaption to Climate Change Team &#8211;\u00a0 Low Carbon Resilience: Best Practice for Professionals \u00a0&lt; https:\/\/act-adapt.org\/special-projects\/low-carbon-resilience\/&gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[4] <\/a>Cover Image courtsy of\u00a0 &lt;https:\/\/www.saskatchewan.ca\/business\/environmental-protection-and-sustainability\/a-made-in-saskatchewan-climate-change-strategy\/climate-resilience&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Carbon emissions were reduced to zero today, mean global temperatures will continue to increase due to the Carbon emissions that have already released.[1] This creates challenges for Engineers when designing buildings and infrastructure that must meet the needs for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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