Building Installations of Water Supply and Drainage in the Face of Climate Change

摘要

Introduction and aims: Climate changes are affecting all regions worldwide.There is growing expectation that the enlarged concentration of greenhouse effects resulting from human activity will lead to increasingly substantial changes in climate.Negotiations to formulate a mitigation strategy against post-Kyoto climate change are progressing slowly while the ability of the Earth to naturally absorb the greenhouse gas effect is declining.The expected impacts over the next few decades may differ from region to region, but it is foreseeable that we will see a rise in the level of the sea and an increased frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall and other extreme weather events such as heat waves.Therefore, it is imperative to assess the effects of these changes in the systems of water supply and drainage in buildings, as well as study mitigation measures to be implemented in new constructions or in building rehabilitation.Method: Based on a review of existing research literature on the predictable effects of climate change, we reflect on the impact of these changes in buildings and on the possible contributions of building installations of water supply and drainage to mitigate these effects.Results and conclusion: An evaluation of the effects of climate change on buildings is presented, as well as an assessment of several mitigation measures of these effects.Contributions: Mitigation measures of the effects of climate changes are proposed, as well as measures for the adaptation and increase of resilience, for implementation in the building systems of water supply and drainage.