Hot summer cold winter zone - Wikipedia

The main border of hot-summer/cold-winter zone is hot, humid summers and cold, humid winters. The temperature difference between day and night is normally small ... Hotsummercoldwinterzone FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Hotsummercoldwinterzone" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(July2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)Thisarticleincludesalistofreferences,relatedreadingorexternallinks,butitssourcesremainunclearbecauseitlacksinlinecitations.Pleasehelptoimprovethisarticlebyintroducingmoreprecisecitations.(July2020)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Hot-summer/cold-winterzoneisthetransientclimateregionbetweenthecoldandthehotzonesinChina. ItincludesthewholeofHubei,Hunan,Jiangxi,Anhui,Zhejiangprovinces,ShanghaiandChongqingtwomunicipalities,theeasternpartofSichuanandGuizhouprovinces,thesouthernpartofHenan,Jiangsu,ShanxiandGansuprovinces,andthenorthernpartofFujian,GuangdongandGuangxiprovinces. Thisincludesanareaof1,800,000 km2(694,984 sq mi)withapopulationof550millionpeople,anditisthemostpopulousandeconomically-developedareaofChina,producing48%ofthegrossdomesticproduct(GDP)ofthewholecountry. Themainborderofhot-summer/cold-winterzoneishot,humidsummersandcold,humidwinters.Thetemperaturedifferencebetweendayandnightisnormallysmall.Theprecipitationinanaverageyearislarge.Sunradiationisrelativelyweakduetocloudcover. Themostdurabletemperatureyouwillhaveoutsideduringthehottestsummermonthis25–30 °C(77–86 °F),withpeaktemperaturesabove40 °C(104 °F).Theaverageoutsidetemperatureduringthecoldestwintermonthis0–10 °C(32–50 °F),withlowesttemperaturesbelow0 °C(32 °F). Forhistoricalreasons,theresidentialbuildingsinthiszonedon’thavecentralHVACsystemsandarenotwellinsulatedorotherwiseweatherized.Withtherecentandrapideconomicdevelopmentofthisregion,demandforbetterindoorenvironmentsisrising. Manyresidentsinstall'minisplit'airconditionerstoimprovetheirthermalcomfort.Butelectricalenergyconsumptionisrisingaccordinglyandistaxingthegenerationcapacity.TheChinesegovernmenthascreatednewnationaldesignstandardsandothereffortstolowertheenergyconsumptionwhilealsoconstructingnewpowergeneratingstations. Seealso[edit] Airconditioning Climate ClimateofChina Thermalefficiency References[edit] 1.DesignStandardforEnergyEfficiencyofResidentialBuildingsinHotSummerandColdWinterZoneJCJ134—2001 Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hot_summer_cold_winter_zone&oldid=991474261" Categories:Heating,ventilation,andairconditioningClimateofChinaHiddencategories:ArticlesneedingadditionalreferencesfromJuly2020AllarticlesneedingadditionalreferencesArticleslackingin-textcitationsfromJuly2020Allarticleslackingin-textcitations Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Addlinks