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	* [https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html]		* [https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html]
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	UK climate projections are based on different emission scenarios (High - Low) relating to ongoing climate mitigation efforts. These directly relate to the representative concentration pathways (RCPs) which are used internationally to show different scenarios and the likely resulting global mean temperatures (RCP2.6, 4.5, 6.0 and 8.5).		UK climate projections are based on different emission scenarios (High - Low) relating to ongoing climate mitigation efforts. These directly relate to the representative concentration pathways (RCPs) which are used internationally to show different scenarios and the likely resulting global mean temperatures (RCP2.6, 4.5, 6.0 and 8.5).

−	Percentiles are a way to describe different ~~probabalistic~~ assumptions within these scenarios, in terms of future climate change. For example a 90th ~~Percentile~~ in a high emissions scenario means there is a 10% chance that temperatures will fall above the given threshold for a ~~particluar~~ time period, so above the 90th percentile in a high emissions scenario might be considered a worst case, whilst the 10th percentile in a low emissions ~~scenarion~~ the best case. That is to say that for 90% of the time the temperatures will be lower than the temperature specified for the former example described or 10% for the latter.	+	Percentiles are a way to describe different probabilistic assumptions within these scenarios, in terms of future climate change. For example a 90th percentile in a high emissions scenario means there is a 10% chance that temperatures will fall above the given threshold for a particular time period, so above the 90th percentile in a high emissions scenario might be considered a worst case, whilst the 10th percentile in a low emissions scenario the best case. That is to say that for 90% of the time the temperatures will be lower than the temperature specified for the former example described or 10% for the latter.

−	The following emissions scenarios are available for use in dynamic building simulations from the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers~~, see external reference link~~:~~<br~~ />	+	The following emissions scenarios are available for use in dynamic building simulations from the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers at [https://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-weather-data-sets https://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-weather-data-sets]:
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−	- 2020s – High emissions scenario – 10th, 50th, 90th percentile,~~<br />~~	+	* 2020s – High emissions scenario – 10th, 50th, 90th percentile,
−	- 2050s – Medium – 10th, 50th, 90th,~~<br />~~	+	* 2050s – Medium – 10th, 50th, 90th,
−	- 2050s – High – 10th, 50th, 90th,~~<br />~~	+	* 2050s – High – 10th, 50th, 90th,
−	- 2080s – Low, 10th, 50th, 90th,~~<br />~~	+	* 2080s – Low, 10th, 50th, 90th,
−	- 2080s – Medium – 10th, 50th, 90th,~~<br />~~	+	* 2080s – Medium – 10th, 50th, 90th,
−	- 2080s – High – 10th, 50th, 90th.	+	* 2080s – High – 10th, 50th, 90th.

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	= External References =		= External References =

−	[https://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-weather-data-sets https://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-weather-data-sets]	+	* [https://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-weather-data-sets https://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-weather-data-sets]
−		+	* [https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/ukcp/index https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/ukcp/index]
−	[https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/ukcp/index https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/ukcp/index]	+	* [https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/ukcp/ukcp18-guidance---representative-concentration-pathways.pdf https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/ukcp/ukcp18-guidance---representative-concentration-pathways.pdf]
−		+	* [https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html]
−	[https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/ukcp/ukcp18-guidance---representative-concentration-pathways.pdf https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/ukcp/ukcp18-guidance---representative-concentration-pathways.pdf]	+
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−	[https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html]	+

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	= Introduction =		= Introduction =

−	The UK Meteorological Office (MO) collects weather data from stations across the UK. These stations measure different characteristics of the weather at hourly intervals. The characteristics include; air temperature, wind speed, wind direction and air pressure as well as others. ~~As such the MO have historic weather data for different locations around the UK the~~ Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers have synthesised this data into two different types of files Design Summer Year (DSY) and Test Reference Year (TRY). These files are interpolations of actual weather data that are often used in dynamic thermal modelling of buildings to assess energy use or overheating and evidence a meeting of the requirement of the Building Regulations Part L and (the soon to be released) Part O.	+	The UK Meteorological Office (MO) collects weather data from stations across the UK. These stations measure different characteristics of the weather at hourly intervals. The characteristics include; air temperature, wind speed, wind direction and air pressure as well as others. The Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers (CIBSE) have synthesised this data into two different types of files; Design Summer Year (DSY) and Test Reference Year (TRY). These files are interpolations of actual weather data that are often used in the dynamic thermal modelling of buildings to assess energy use or overheating and to evidence meeting the requirement of the Building Regulations Part L and (the soon to be released) Part O.

	= Design summer year (DSY) =		= Design summer year (DSY) =

−	Design Summer Year (DSY) ~~is a term that describes a weather~~ data ~~reference file, that~~ represents an averaged year of weather. The DSY file has the advantage of simplicity as it actually shows a year of weather as if it were single and continuous, rather than composite and made up from average months. Initially a baseline was created by taking the mean temperatures from April to September, this was then adapted to create probabilistic DSYs with a set of years that better describe overheating events, their relative frequency and severity. Although this improved the data sets, ~~the simplicity of the approach may still be less favoured as~~ it is less able to account for extreme temperature values within individual months or incident solar radiation, both of which are significant aspects of building performance and overheating analysis ~~for which it is often used~~.	+	Design Summer Year (DSY) data represents an averaged year of weather. The DSY file has the advantage of simplicity as it actually shows a year of weather as if it were single and continuous, rather than composite and made up from average months. Initially a baseline was created by taking the mean temperatures from April to September, this was then adapted to create probabilistic DSYs with a set of years that better describe overheating events, their relative frequency and severity. Although this improved the data sets, it is less able to account for extreme temperature values within individual months or incident solar radiation, both of which are significant aspects of building performance and overheating analysis.

	= Test reference year (TRY) =		= Test reference year (TRY) =

−	A Test Reference Year (TRY) is a similar weather data reference file but one that models or represents a typical year in a certain location. As such it has a greater number of reference points within it so might be considered more complex but also more accurate (depending on the selected reference years used). TRY files have been updated at various points in time (initially based on 1984 to 2004 then 1984 to 2013) and are available for 14 locations across the UK. More recently with the onset of climate change, differing weather patterns and their extremes, institutes in more and more countries have updated their TRYs and started to work on Future TRYs ~~aswell as~~ DSYs.	+	A Test Reference Year (TRY) is a similar weather data reference file but one that models or represents a typical year in a certain location. As such it has a greater number of reference points within it, so might be considered more complex but also more accurate (depending on the selected reference years used). TRY files have been updated at various points in time (initially based on 1984 to 2004 then 1984 to 2013) and are available for 14 locations across the UK. More recently with the onset of climate change, differing weather patterns and their extremes, institutes in more and more countries have updated their TRYs and started to work on Future TRYs and DSYs.

	= Future TRYs and DSYs =		= Future TRYs and DSYs =

−	Future weather files based on existing Design Summer Years (DSYs) and Test Reference Years (TRYs) that ~~also~~ incorporate different climate change scenarios (UK climate projections) are ~~also~~ available for three different time periods;	+	Future weather files based on existing Design Summer Years (DSYs) and Test Reference Years (TRYs) that incorporate different climate change scenarios (UK climate projections) are available for three different time periods;

	* 2020s (2011-2040)		* 2020s (2011-2040)
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	* 2080s (2071-2100)		* 2080s (2071-2100)

−	These are ~~then also~~ subdivided into different emission scenarios ( relating to mitigation levels) and then percentiles (probablistic assumptions) to give different data models.	+	These are subdivided into different emission scenarios (relating to mitigation levels) and then percentiles (probablistic assumptions) to give different data models.

−	= Scenarios and ~~Percentiles~~ =	+	= Scenarios and percentiles =

	In the case of standard TRYs and DSYs the data is based on relatively recently recorded events, in the case of future scenarios the likely hood of a particular weather being likely has to be considered and transparently described.		In the case of standard TRYs and DSYs the data is based on relatively recently recorded events, in the case of future scenarios the likely hood of a particular weather being likely has to be considered and transparently described.

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	= Related articles on Designing Buildings =		= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

−	Climate adaptation	+	* Climate adaptation
−		+	* Climate change act.
−	Climate change act.	+	* Climate change levy.
−		+	* Greenhouse gas.
−	Climate change levy.	+	* Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC
−		+	* National planning policy framework.
−	Greenhouse gas.	+	* Sustainability.
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−	National planning policy framework.	+
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−	Sustainability.	+

	= External References =		= External References =

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	Percentiles are a way to describe different probabalistic assumptions within these scenarios, in terms of future climate change. For example a 90th Percentile in a high emissions scenario means there is a 10% chance that temperatures will fall above the given threshold for a particluar time period, so above the 90th percentile in a high emissions scenario might be considered a worst case, whilst the 10th percentile in a low emissions scenarion the best case. That is to say that for 90% of the time the temperatures will be lower than the temperature specified for the former example described or 10% for the latter.		Percentiles are a way to describe different probabalistic assumptions within these scenarios, in terms of future climate change. For example a 90th Percentile in a high emissions scenario means there is a 10% chance that temperatures will fall above the given threshold for a particluar time period, so above the 90th percentile in a high emissions scenario might be considered a worst case, whilst the 10th percentile in a low emissions scenarion the best case. That is to say that for 90% of the time the temperatures will be lower than the temperature specified for the former example described or 10% for the latter.

−	The following emissions scenarios are available for use in dynamic building simulations:<br />	+	The following emissions scenarios are available for use in dynamic building simulations from the Chartered Institute of Building Service Engineers, see external reference link:<br />
	<br />		<br />
	- 2020s – High emissions scenario – 10th, 50th, 90th percentile,<br />		- 2020s – High emissions scenario – 10th, 50th, 90th percentile,<br />
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	= Related articles on Designing Buildings =		= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

−	* Climate adaptation	+	Climate adaptation
−	* Climate change act.	+
−	* Climate change levy.	+	Climate change act.
−	* Greenhouse gas.	+
−	* Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC	+	Climate change levy.
−	* National planning policy framework.	+
−	* Sustainability.	+	Greenhouse gas.
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		+	National planning policy framework.
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		+	Sustainability.

	= External References =		= External References =
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	[https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html]		[https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html]
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	[https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html]		[https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html]
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	= Related articles on Designing Buildings =		= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

−	Climate adaptation	+	* Climate adaptation
−		+	* Climate change act.
−	Climate change act.	+	* Climate change levy.
−		+	* Greenhouse gas.
−	Climate change levy.	+	* Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC
−		+	* National planning policy framework.
−	Greenhouse gas.	+	* Sustainability.
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−	National planning policy framework.	+
−		+
−	Sustainability.	+

	= External References =		= External References =

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	- 2080s – High – 10th, 50th, 90th.		- 2080s – High – 10th, 50th, 90th.

−	= ~~Combined TRYs and DSYs~~ =	+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

−	~~Further details of the methodology for updating the TRY weather files is outlined in (Eames et al. 2015).~~	+	Climate adaptation

−	~~These~~ weather files are used in the dynamic thermal modelling of buildings and are increasingly referred to as they were initially referenced in the UK building regulations Part L (conservation of energy and power) and more recentlu	+	Climate change act.
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		+	Climate change levy.
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		+	Greenhouse gas.
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		+	National planning policy framework.
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		+	Sustainability.
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		+	= External References =
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		+	[https://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-weather-data-sets https://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-weather-data-sets]
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		+	[https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/ukcp/index https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/ukcp/index]
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		+	[https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/ukcp/ukcp18-guidance---representative-concentration-pathways.pdf https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/research/ukcp/ukcp18-guidance---representative-concentration-pathways.pdf]
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		+	[https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html https://www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/pages/glossary/glossary_r.html]

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	= Future TRYs and DSYs =		= Future TRYs and DSYs =

−	Future weather files based on existing Design Summer Years (DSYs) and Test Reference Years (TRYs) that also incorporate different climate change scenarios are also available for three different time periods;	+	Future weather files based on existing Design Summer Years (DSYs) and Test Reference Years (TRYs) that also incorporate different climate change scenarios (UK climate projections) are also available for three different time periods;

	* 2020s (2011-2040)		* 2020s (2011-2040)
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	* 2080s (2071-2100)		* 2080s (2071-2100)

−	These are then also subdivided into ~~three~~ different percentiles.	+	These are then also subdivided into different emission scenarios ( relating to mitigation levels) and then percentiles (probablistic assumptions) to give different data models.

−	= Percentiles =	+	= Scenarios and Percentiles =

−	~~A climate percentile is a way to describe different probabalistic assumptions, in term of future climate scenarios.~~ In the case of standard TRYs and DSYs the data is based on recently recorded events, in the case of future scenarios the likely hood of a particular weather being likely has to be considered and transparently described. A 90th Percentile means there is a 10% chance that temperatures will fall above the given threshold for a particluar time period, so above the 90th percentile would be considered unseasonably warm. That is to say that for 90% of the time the temperatures will be lower than the temperature specified. So 10th would percentile would mean for 10% of the time the temperatures will be lower than the temperature specified and 50% half of the time.	+	In the case of standard TRYs and DSYs the data is based on relatively recently recorded events, in the case of future scenarios the likely hood of a particular weather being likely has to be considered and transparently described.

−	The following emissions scenarios:<br />	+	UK climate projections are based on different emission scenarios (High - Low) relating to ongoing climate mitigation efforts. These directly relate to the representative concentration pathways (RCPs) which are used internationally to show different scenarios and the likely resulting global mean temperatures (RCP2.6, 4.5, 6.0 and 8.5).
		+
		+	Percentiles are a way to describe different probabalistic assumptions within these scenarios, in terms of future climate change. For example a 90th Percentile in a high emissions scenario means there is a 10% chance that temperatures will fall above the given threshold for a particluar time period, so above the 90th percentile in a high emissions scenario might be considered a worst case, whilst the 10th percentile in a low emissions scenarion the best case. That is to say that for 90% of the time the temperatures will be lower than the temperature specified for the former example described or 10% for the latter.
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		+	The following emissions scenarios are available for use in dynamic building simulations:<br />
	<br />		<br />
	- 2020s – High emissions scenario – 10th, 50th, 90th percentile,<br />		- 2020s – High emissions scenario – 10th, 50th, 90th percentile,<br />