Impact of Climate Change on Industrial Design Parameters

The global climate change is expected to make a significant impact on industrial operations in the future. The reliability and operation of industrial machinery will be greatly hampered by the global climate change. At present, some widely used basic design parameters are atmospheric temperature, design temperature, design wind speed, humidity and atmospheric pressure. The wind speed and storm surge will greatly be altered with the increasing planet's surface temperature. This needs to be considered in the design practice for the structural design and machine operations in coastal and offshore locations. Furthermore, the increase in precipitation rate will require change in the design parameters of drainage systems. In this paper, we have identified how the industries can be potentially affected in the future due to the global climate change and what design factors and parameters need to be updated to minimise the impact of global climate change and make current industry to be compliant.