28 research outputs found
Effect on the thermal properties of mortar blocks by using recycled glass and its application for social dwellings
Including recycled waste material in cement mixes, as substitutes for natural aggregates, has resulted in diverse research projects, normally focused on mechanical capacities. In the case of recycled glass as an aggregate, this provides a noticeable improvement in thermal properties, depending on its dosage. This idea raises possible construction solutions that reduce the environmental impact and improves thermal behavior. For this research, an extended building typology that is susceptible to experiencing the risk of energy poverty has been chosen. The typology is typical for social housing, built using mortar blocks with crushed glass. First, the basic thermophysical properties of the mortars were determined by laboratory tests; after that, the dynamic thermal properties of representative constructive solutions using these mortars were simulated in seven representative climate zones in Chile. An analysis methodology based on periodic thermal transmittance, adaptive comfort levels and energy demand was run for the 21 proposed models. In addition, the results show that thermal comfort hours increases significantly in thermal zones 1, 2, 3 and 6; from 23 h up to 199 h during a year. It is in these zones where the distance with respect to the neutral temperature of the m50 solution reduces that of the m25 solution by half; i.e., in zone 1, from −429 ◦C with the m25 solution to −864 ◦C with the m50. This research intends to be a starting point to generate an analysis methodology for construction solutions in the built environment, from the point of view of thermal comfort.National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) of Chil
Adaptation Strategies and Resilience to Climate Change of Historic Dwellings
Historic city centres have a large amount of dwellings in Europe, which were
built to provide a comfortable shelter with the absence of mechanical means. The knowledge of climate responsive design strategies can play a significant role in reducing the energy demand of extant buildings, paving the way for its sustainable development in the face of the rising threat to its occupants of climate change. The residential architecture, developed,
in most cases, in dense urban centres, was built using both available materials and traditional and academic construction technologies. This paper thoroughly investigates the extant urban conglomerate in Cádiz and analyses, in a qualitative and quantitative manner, which bioclimatic design strategies were applied and the city’s adaptation for future climate scenarios. The results indicate that historic housing in Cádiz is creatively adapted to the local natural conditions by means of a combination of climate responsive strategies, and there is significant scope for improvement in the ongoing response to global warming
A Simplified Simulation Model for Predicting Radiative Transfer in Long Street Canyons under High Solar Radiation Conditions
Modeling solar radiation in street canyons is crucial to understanding the solar availability of building façades. This article describes the implementation of a simulation routine, developed in the Matlab® computer language, which is aimed at predicting solar access for building façades located in dense urban conglomerates comprising deep long street canyons, under high solar radiation conditions, typical in southern countries of Europe. Methodology is primarily based on the configuration factor theory, also aided by computer simulation, which enables to assess the interplay between the surfaces that compose the so-called street canyon. The results of the theoretical model have been cross-checked and verified by on-site measurements in two real case studies, two streets in Cadiz and Seville. The simplified simulation reproduces the shape of the curve for on-site measured values and weighted errors for the whole model do not surpass 10%, with a maximum of 9.32% and a mean values of 6.31%. As a result, a simplified predictive model that takes into account direct, diffuse and reflected solar radiation from the surfaces that enclose the canyon, has been devised.
The authors consider that this research provides further improvement, as well as a handy alternative approach, to usual methods used for the calculation of available solar radiation in urban canyons, such as the Sky View Factor or the ray tracing
Mejora de la eficiencia energética del parque edificado. El caso de estudio de la rehabilitación en la barriada de la plata
Según datos de la Unión Europea, el sector de la edificación es responsable del 40% del consumo total de energía en la Unión, bastante más que la industria (25%) y el transporte (30%). El sector de la edificación está adoptando medidas encaminadas a reducir este consumo, lo cual es responsabilidad de arquitectos e ingenieros de la edificación.
La industria de la construcción presenta una gran permeabilidad a las innovaciones técnicas; en consecuencia, la eficiencia energética en la edificación se limita a cumplir los estándares mínimos exigidos por la normativa vigente; además, la elevada vida útil de un edificio, que llega en ocasiones a 100 años, provoca un desfase entre construcción y normativa. Según datos del 2001, el 47% del parque edificado español se construyó entre 1942 y 1981, y sólo el 32% tras 1981, tras la entrada en vigor del NBE-CTE; el CTE, vigente a partir de Marzo de 2006, sólo ha afectado a una pequeña parte del parque edificado, tras la crisis del sector de la construcción a partir de Junio de 2006. Por tanto, toda normativa debe contemplar la rehabilitación de las edificaciones existentes como parte sustancial de su articulado.
Nuestro caso de estudio se centra en la barriada de La Plata, en Jerez de la Frontera.
Diseñada por el arquitecto Fernando de la Cuadra en 1940 según los estándares del
Movimiento Moderno, goza de excelentes estándares ambientales aunque su estado de conservación es muy deficiente.
Los autores han trabajado en 22 proyectos de rehabilitación en esta barriada, al amparo de los programas regulados por los decretos 149/2003 y 395/2008 del gobierno regional andaluz. Las actuaciones se centran en la mejora energética de la envolvente y de las instalaciones de servicios (agua, electricidad y saneamiento); estas obras han contado con escasos presupuestos de ejecución material, alrededor de 100 €/m2. Gracias a una amplia base de datos de proyectos, así como a una campaña de mediciones in-situ, los autores han llegado a conclusiones acerca de la conveniencia de ciertas estrategias de rehabilitación ambiental, su control presupuestario y la conveniencia de incluir en la normativa del sector edificatorio artículos específicos referidos a la rehabilitación
Adaptive Comfort Models Applied to Existing Dwellings in Mediterranean Climate Considering Global Warming
Comfort analysis of existing naturally ventilated buildings located in mild climates, such
as the ones in the Mediterranean zones, offer room for a reduction in the present and future energy
consumption. Regarding Spain, most of the present building stock was built before energy standards
were mandatory, let alone considerations about global warming or adaptive comfort. In this context,
this research aims at assessing adaptive thermal comfort of inhabitants of extant apartments building
in the South of Spain per EN 15251:2007 and ASHRAE 55-2013. The case study is statistically
representative housing built in 1973. On-site monitoring of comfort conditions and computer
simulations for present conditions have been carried out, clarifying the degree of adaptive comfort
at present time. After that, additional simulations for 2020, 2050, and 2080 are performed to check
whether this dwelling will be able to provide comfort considering a change in climate conditions.
As a result, the study concludes that levels of adaptive comfort can be considered satisfactory at
present time in these dwellings, but not in the future, when discomfort associated with hot conditions
will be recurrent. These results provide a hint to foresee how extant dwellings, and also dwellers,
should adapt to a change in environmental conditions
Analysis of energy consumption in different European cities: the Adaptive Comfort Control Implemented Model (ACCIM) Considering Representative Concentration Pathways(RCP) scenarios
Reports of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have set various greenhouse gasemissions scenarios, through which the evolution of the temperature of the planet can be estimatedthroughout the 21st century. The reduction of the emissions from the different activities carried out bymankind is crucial to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. One of the most significant activities is users’behaviour within buildings, particularly the use of Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning systems.Modifying users’ behaviour patterns to guarantee acceptable thermal conditions inside buildingscould lead to considerable energy saving percentages, and adaptive thermal comfort models couldbe an opportunity to achieve important savings. For this reason, this study analyzes the potentialto apply adaptive thermal comfort models to use artificial air-conditioning systems by modifyingsetpoint temperatures. The analysis was conducted in five major European cities (Barcelona, Berlin,Bern, Rome, and Vienna) and in five climate change scenarios in the year 2050. The results showedthat, in general, the energy saving achieved by adaptive strategies was larger in the cities with agreater cooling demand. Also, in both Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) of the FifthAssessment Report (AR5) considered, the energy saving were decreased in the cities of Barcelona andRome, with values lower than those of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) scenarios considered,whereas in the cities of Berlin, Bern, and Vienna, the saving in the RCP scenarios is greater than thosein the other scenarios
EVALUATION OF EXTREME COLLABORATION WITH BIM MODELING FOR THE TEACHING OF BUILDING PROJECTS
La modelación de información de edificios (BIM) ha emergido como una plataforma digital para proyectos de edificación, que pretende facilitar la cooperación entre especialidades. Por otro lado, la colaboración extrema es una metodología surgida en la industria aeroespacial y orientada al trabajo conjunto entre profesionales. Este artículo presenta una iniciativa experimental con estudiantes de Arquitectura e Ingeniería, destinada a evaluar las capacidades de modelación cooperativa en la enseñanza de proyectos de edificación. Lo anterior se llevó a cabo mediante el desarrollo intensivo de un pabellón de exhibición de automóviles por un grupo de alumnos de distintas carreras trabajando en el mismo lugar; elaborando el diseño y presentación de arquitectura, estructura, instalaciones eléctricas análisis energético-ambiental, y presupuesto de construcción. El trabajo fue ejecutado en cuatro sesiones, con una reunión inicial y final; en una sala con un mesón central, computadores en red, programas BIM y pantallas perimetrales. Se realizaron cuestionarios de entrada y salida, y entrevistas a los participantes, además de análisis del proceso con investigadores y expertos. La experiencia demostró alta efectividad en la producción y desarrollo del proyecto, aunque con tensiones grupales y limitaciones de diseño. Los estudiantes valoraron el trabajo colaborativo, y sugirieron trabajar de manera desfasada algunas especialidades y designar un encargado de la coordinación del proceso, así como definir mayormente resultados esperados y operación conjunta. Por lo que se sugiere aplicar estas condiciones para desarrollar modelación BIM con colaboración entre especialistas en los proyectos de edificación. Palabras Clave: Diseño integrado, enseñanza colaborativa, modelación de información en edifcios.Building information modeling (BIM) has emerged as a digital platform for building projects, which facilitates cooperation between specialties. On the other hand, extreme collaboration is a methodology, arising in the aerospace industry, for joint work among professionals. This article presents an experimental initiative with Architecture and Engineering students to evaluate these capabilities in building projects. This was done by means of an intensive development of a car exhibition pavilion; elaborating the design and presentation of architecture, structure, electrical installations, energy-environmental analysis, and construction budget. The work was carried out in four sessions, with an initial and final meeting; in a room with a central desk, network computers, BIM programs, and perimeter screens. Input and output questionnaires were carried out, as well as interviews with the participants, and analysis of the process with researchers and experts. The experience demonstrated high effectiveness in the production and development of the project, although with group tensions and design limitations. The collaborative work was valued primarily, suggesting the outdated programming of some specialties and coordination of the process, as well as defining mostly expected results and joint operation. Therefore, it is suggested to apply these conditions to integrate BIM modeling with collaboration between building project specialists. Keywords: Integrated design, collaborative teaching, building information modelling
Influence of Adaptive Comfort Models on Energy Improvement for Housing in Cold Areas
The evaluation of construction standards using adaptive thermal comfort models has a
great impact on energy consumption. The analysis of a user’s climate adaptation must be one of
the first steps in the search for nearly/net Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB). The goal of this work is to
analyze the standards recommended by the Chile’s Construction with Sustainability Criteria for the
building of housing, applying the ASHRAE 55-2017 and EN 15251:2007 adaptive comfort models in
social housing. The study produces concrete recommendations associated with construction strategies,
to increase the number of hours the user finds themselves with acceptable thermal comfort levels,
without repercussions for energy consumption. Sixteen parametric series were evaluated with a
dynamic simulation of the most common prototype of social housing in the Bio-Bio Region. The study
shows that thermal comfort conditions can be increased through a combination of improvement
measures compared to the ECCS standard (Construction Standards with Sustainability Criteria):
27.52% in the case of applying EN 15251:2007 and 24.04% in the case of ASHRAE 55-2017
Estudio de la envolvente en edificios de oficinas bajo la influencia del cambio climático en Santiago, Chile
En los últimos años el cambio climático ha traído a la luz un creciente
interés en su posible impacto entre las diversas actividades humanas, en las que
sector de la construcción está incluido. Clima local determina las condiciones externas
a las que los edificios tienen que adaptarse, teniendo una influencia directa
sobre su demanda energética de calefacción y refrigeración. En este contexto, la
simulación por ordenador ofrece herramientas útiles que ayudan en la evaluación
de este impacto. Este estudio investiga cómo un cambio en los datos climáticos
para escenarios futuros afectará la demanda energética de edificios de oficinas en
la ciudad de Santiago (Chile). Los datos climáticos se han generado para los años
2020, 2050 y 2080 con el escenario de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero
GEI A2 'medio' de acuerdo con el Panel Intergubernamental sobre Cambio Climático
IPCC. La predicción de la demanda energética para los edificios se calcula
por medio de una implementación del procedimiento de cálculo de la norma ISO-
13790:2008, tomando como condiciones externas los tres escenarios antes mencionados.
Finalmente, se clarifica y optimiza el efecto del cambio climático en la
demanda de energía para edificios de oficinas, basado en iteraciones de su envolvente
y forma. Como resultado, esta investigación aclara cómo los escenarios de
clima futuro afectarán a la demanda de energía para diferentes tipos de edificios
de oficinas y cómo su forma y su envolvente pueden ser optimizados para contrarrestar
este efecto
Radiative Heat Transfer for Curvilinear Surfaces
Curved surfaces have not been thoroughly considered in radiative transfer analysis mainly due to the difficulties arising from the integration process and perhaps because of the lack of spatial vision of researchers. When dealing with them, application of the iterative method or
direct calculation through integration does not provide with an exact solution, so that only approximate expressions or tables are given for a very limited number of forms. In this way, a vast repertoire of significant shapes remains neglected and energy waste is evident. For
this reason, further research on the matter, starting from a different approach was considered worth doing. In previous researches from the authors, form factor calculation has been undertaken for several types of emitters. In all cases, geometric properties of those, revealed as the most powerful tool that shapes radiant interchange. This included mainly rectangular shapes, plane forms and the volumes that can be composed with such primary geometries