Energy geo-characterization of cordobese housing.

Application of approximate clustering at municipal scale.

Abstract

In a context of increasing occupation of cities, where Climate Change accelerates this process due to numerous habitat alterations, the first must develop a special resilience to guarantee human survival and well-being. Among other effects, there is an increase in extreme episodes such as heat waves, which affect different cities unevenly, as well as their population, which also adapts differently. In the case of Córdoba, an increase in temperature is expected in the highest IPCC scenarios. Given this, housing, presented as a protective factor for the health and well-being of people, has to adapt, fulfilling its protective function against external weather changes. That is why an approximation of the energy characterization of cordobese homes is addressed using the information available on their energy rating, grouped into georeferenced approximation clusters. The results show a most very poor rating, also related to urban development, and mainly on the north-south axis. This suggests the need for more in-depth transdisciplinary studies, with socioeconomic and other indicators from the municipality, which help to develop more realistic, accurate and probably less costly local responses, in the face of not very optimistic scenarios.