Overheating Risk Analysis in Long-Term Care Homes—Development of Overheating Limit Criteria

Climate heat waves occurring in urban centers are a serious threat to public health and wellbeing. Historically, most heat-related mortalities have arisen from excessive overheating of building interiors housing older occupants. This paper developed an approach that combines the results simulation bioheat models generate health-based limit criteria for long-term care homes (LTCHs) by which body dehydration core temperature residents capped during events. The LTCHs were created buildings representative old current construction practices selected Canadian locations. calibrated using measurements indoor humidity acquired monitoring use published energy intensity data. A general procedure identify events quantify their attributes terms duration, intensity, severity was applied criteria. Comparing proposed comfort-based methods showed evident differences. method predicted risk consistent with overall thermal comfort contrast methods. new intended be used any study evaluate similar buildings.