Regional sector 2: Buildings

Climate effectClimate risks – BuildingsAn increase in mean temperaturesAn

Climate effect Climate risks – Buildings
An increase in mean temperatures An increase in mean temperatures can lead to:
  • More building maintenance to deal with higher temperatures
  • Decrease building stock value
  • Higher summer cooling loads on buildings, resulting in increased water and energy demand/costs creating social hardship (energy, water, food, other cost increases)
Rising sea level Rising sea levels and coastal inundation could lead to:
  • More frequent and higher storm surges, resulting in decreased land values
  • More frequent and higher storm surges, resulting in flood damage to coastal private property
Other climate effects (Combined) An increase in extreme winds could lead to:
  • Higher exposure of built assets and property, resulting in more damage to assets with associated costs and losses of service
  • Higher exposure of built assets and property to strong winds, resulting in a higher frequency of falling trees and branches onto assets

Table 19: Climate risk statements - buildings

Regional sector 1: Natural assets

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