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Revising the definition of anthropogenic heat flux from buildings: role of human activities and building storage heat flux
Yiqing Liu
School of the Built Environment, University of Reading, Reading, UK
School of the Built Environment, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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Short summary
Anthropogenic heat emission from buildings is important for atmospheric modelling in cities. The current building anthropogenic heat flux is simplified by building energy consumption. Our research proposes a novel approach to determine ‘real’ building anthropogenic heat emission from the changes in energy balance fluxes between occupied and unoccupied buildings. We hope to provide new insights into future parameterisations of building anthropogenic heat flux in urban climate models.
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