Climate change modelling and whole building simulation as a tool for assessing indoor climates in buildings

The present publication reports results from the large-scale integrated EU project "Climate for Culture". It focuses on implementing high-resolution regional climate models together with new building simulation tools in order to predict future outdoor and indoor climate conditions.

The potential impact of gradual climate change on historic buildings and on the vast collections they contain has been assessed. By using different standardized and exemplary artificial buildings in modelling climate change impact, a comparison between different regions in Europe has become possible for the first time.