A Comparative Case Study of Certified and Non-Certified Green Buildings and Their Response to Climate Change

Green buildings (GBs) employ a wide range of passive and active energy-saving strategies to improve buildings’ energy performance. The suitability performance some these depend on outdoor climate conditions may change over time due global warming. Therefore, GB not retain its in the future. To address this issue explore how much be affected by change, research aims (1) evaluate thermal comfort non-GB under present conditions; (2) predict impact buildings, (3) resilience as opposed non-GB. end, university are simulated using DesignBuilder calibrated with measured data. Future weather files based Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) used 2050s 2090s. A comparison between revealed that would save 15.1% up 21.9% site future conditions, respectively. It was also found level will remain significantly higher than overheating non-GBs deteriorate future, an increase nearly 70% produces approximately 15% 22% fewer GHG emissions (RCP 8.5),