Cool roofs can mitigate cooling energy demand for informal settlement dwellers

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/97458 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/97458 http://eprints.org/relation/isIndexCodesVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/97458 archive 353 disk0/00/01/78/92 2022-03-21 15:30:09 2024-03-01 03:00:03 2022-03-21 15:30:09 article show Nutkiewicz A. Mastrucci A. 2129 0000-0002-5611-7780 Rao N. 1961 0000-0003-1888-5292 Jain R.K. Cool roofs can mitigate cooling energy demand for informal settlement dwellers pub ECE S3 TISS prog_ysp Heat stress; Space cooling; Informal settlements; Energy simulation; Building energy Cities are critical to meeting our sustainable energy goals. Informal settlement redevelopment programs represent an opportunity to improve living conditions and curb increasing demand for active cooling. We introduce an energy modeling framework for informal settlements to investigate how building design decisions influence the onset of heat stress and energy-intensive cooling demand. We show that occupants of tropically-located informal settlements are most vulnerable to prolonged heat stress year-round. Up to 98% of annual heat stress exposure can be mitigated by improving the building envelope. We find a universal solution (cool roofs) that reduces up to 91% of annual heat stress exposure. Finally, we show how proposed redevelopment building schemes could worsen thermal conditions of dwellers and further increase urban energy demand. Our results underscore how building design affects human well-being and highlight potential near-term and long-term pathways for reducing energy-intensive cooling demand for 800+ million informal settlement dwellers worldwide. 2022-05 published Elsevier 10.1016/j.rser.2022.112183 2872 243 public Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 159 e112183 TRUE 1879-0690 no info:eu-repo/semantics/article