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Project Code [22/NCF/TF/10941]
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Project title
A National Climate Risk Index for the Built Environment
Primary Funding Agency
Science Foundation Ireland
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
Lead Organisation
Trinity College Dublin
Lead Applicant
Not listed
Project Abstract
This project will develop a risk index for buildings in Ireland due to climate change impacts. This will inform stakeholders of the spatial and temporal risk for building locations due to climate-related hazards, enabling targeted and specific adaptation measures to be determined for the built environment. This index will support building owners, local authorities, insurers, banks, as well as other key stakeholders in terms of climate change adaptation, helping to deliver Ireland�s goal of becoming climate resilient by 2050, as set out in the SFI 2050 Challenge. The project brings together two complimentary skillsets to achieve this, regional climate modelling and building vulnerability assessment. The project will merge these skillsets by applying a quantitative risk-based framework to assess buildings in Ireland to a range of climate hazards. The identification of a Societal Impact Champion within the Irish Planning Institute will ensure that the needs of a broad range of stakeholders are successfully met through the solution developed by the project team. In addition, the project will work closely with Ireland's Climate Action Regional Offices and the Irish Green Building Institute to ensure that the national climate risk index developed in the project addresses national and international climate action goals.
Grant Approved
�322,481.00
Research Hub
Climate Change
Research Theme
2. Ireland's Future Climate, its Impacts, and Adaptation Options
Initial Projected Completion Date
28/02/2025