HOPE E-COURSE STUDENTS -ENGLISH FINAL

Module 4 Week 2: Interventions to prevent the effects of extreme heat  (meso-level)

Welcome to the second week of the fourth module of this e-learning!

This module focuses on interventions on the meso-level: interventions on how to reduce complications from extreme heat, as well as to prevent high in-building temperatures.

The focus this week is on possible ‘building-related’ interventions that will help to prevent the occurrence of heat-related complications. The former week focused on interventions with an immediate effect. This week is more directed towards preventive measures, that can be taken in the longer run.

You will be asked to inventorize interventions and measures that are proven effective, or promising. Since each intervention needs a different approach, you are asked to map all the conditions needed for a handful of interventions. Again, you might notice that the distinctions between ‘prevention’ and ‘cure’ are less distinctive than often thought. The same holds for interventions on an individual level, and those on a building level.

This week’s work: Please read this article by MA Kamal and watch the video clip about passive house design.

After having read and watched it: Summarize what is known about building-related passive-cooling measures. Consider each possibility, and write down whether or not these are easy and quick to implement. Then, please consider these interventions again, and estimate the total costs of each of them. In case you can’t find the answers in this article, please check the internet.

While you were surfing on the internet, you have probably come across more building-related measures that can be taken. Please write them down, including their pros and cons. Discuss in your household or with your friends which measures should be preferred, and which not. 

Knowledge Check

To check whether or not you have understood the material presented in this week: 
Last week you made an assignment about LGRA Phase 1. Now the residents want to take it one step further. Please read the case of the  LGRA Phase 2. Once you have read it and considered the sources and references provided in the last weeks, update your intervention plan.