Anthropogenic heat and its relation to building and urban climate in Inuvik, N. W. T. ...

• Main Author: Nicol, Keith Sherman
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Inuvik
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0094079; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0094079

Previous studies involving energy utilization and climate have stressed the importance of anthropogenic energy release (i.e. that energy generated by human activities) on urban climate. The reverse influence, climate's effect on energy use, is less frequently discussed. This investigation examined the influence of various atmospheric parameters that act to create a space heating demand, and some of the climatological effects of the consequent anthropogenic heat release in the extreme case of an Arctic settlement in mid-winter. Inuvik, N.W.T. (68° 22', 133° 45') was chosen as the study site, primarily because of the settlement's centralized heating system which enabled the anthropogenic heat generation to be readily monitored. The measurement of anthropogenic heat spanned two spatial and temporal scales. Initially, the energy involved in the space heating (for the utilidor-served portion) of Inuvik is regressed against air temperature, wind speed, and solar energy establishing predictive energy-use equations ...