Climate change and the building sector: Modelling and energy implications to an office building in southern Europe

The results show, in all scenarios, consistent and large increases in future air temperature. The impacts of these driving forces on heating and cooling energy use are very relevant: the results show an overall increase in total energy consumption with a relative decrease in heating demand and increase in cooling demand: the yearly heating and cooling energy requirement in 2090 is expected to increase in a range of +50.8-119.7% if measures are not foreseen to counter and limit the effects of climate change.