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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I am
member of a Climate Task Force that is reviewing current practices in respect
to </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>weather data used for computer simulation of buildings and
their services, such as cooling/heating loads; summertime overheating; energy
consumption etc.. These applications currently use historical weather data which
has remained fairly stable over the past 20 to 30 years. However with the
<font color=black><span style='color:black'>advent of climate change, designers
will </span></font>need to address the affect of changing weather patterns
over next, say, 15 – 30 years covering the life of the
services/building. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The next generation of climate
change information will be presented in probabilistic terms as with the
UKCIP08 climate scenarios, being developed by the Hadley Centre. The Task Force’s
focus will be on the practical use of probabilistic climate scenarios in the
planning, design, and construction of new buildings, as well as the
retrofitting and maintenance of existing buildings to ensure that when
climate change occurs, buildings continue throughout their lifetime to
function safely, comfortably, cost-effectively and without excessive need for
energy-intensive adaptation. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>As part of this work I
have been tasked with investigating what other research in this area is being
undertaken in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>, and especially how
this should be reflected in the development of climate sets for simulation
studies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>My request to all you esp-r
users is therefore, can you please provide me with information about any initiatives
in this field that you are aware of.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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