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BIBLIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATIONS AND THEIR APPLICABILITY INBUILDING
Juan Jesús de la Torre Bayo, Carmen Díaz-López, Emilio Martínez Ibarra, Emilio Molero Melgarejo, Montserrat Zamorano
Keywords: Climate classification, green construction, island heat effect, H2100., 1. Introduction
Climate change is possibly the biggest environmental challenge to face in this century, due to its global dimension, and its profound social and economic implications. One of the main actors of t h e acceleration of climate change and the exhaustion of natural resources is the construction industry, being responsible for 40-50% of everything the use of energy in the earth, increasing the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases greenhouse (Hamdy, 2017).
Consequently, the construction can have a direct impact on the atmospheric conditions of the place. In this context, it is essential to study the regional climates to foresee the adverse effects of the building and take the appropriate measures to avoid or minimize the damages that can be caused in the medium and long term (Macías, 2010).
It is of vital importance to reach a balance between the climatic zones assigned to a region and the construction that is going to be carried out in the place, prioritizing the sustainable building model that adapts to the climatic conditions of the area, mitigates the adverse effects of climate change and offers the potential to adapt to possible climate alterations.
2. Materials and methodology
This is a bibliographic review in which, first of all, the most important climatic classifications worldwide and at the state level in Spain have been collected, analyzing the climatic variables, types of classification, methodology and applicability.
The second part of the investigation corresponds to the relation between climate and building, in which classifications have been studied, generally bioclimatic, which have been developed in several countries of the globe. In Spain, the classification has been analyzed, climate exposed in the Technical Building Code (CTE), along with other publications at the regional level that aim to zoning the territory in the search of a better efficiency in the construction sector.
3. Results and conclusions
Theproposedguidelinestoobtainapotentialclassificationshouldserveasastartingpointfor the bioclimatic design of buildings, including the impact of the heat island effect and adaptable to the H2100 trends (Sánchez, 2008).
• Unlike the current CTE (Código Técnico de la Edificación) classification, the interpolation of climate variable data for municipalities without registries should be done regarding
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