Design strategies in facades for the reduction of housing energy consumption

Alonso Ruiz-Rivas, Carmen and García Navarro, Justo and Oteiza Sanjosé, Ignacio (2010). Design strategies in facades for the reduction of housing energy consumption. In: "SB10 Espoo: Sustainable Community -buildingSMART.", 21/09/2010 - 23/09/2010, Espoo, Finlandia.

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Title: Design strategies in facades for the reduction of housing energy consumption
Author/s:
  • Alonso Ruiz-Rivas, Carmen
  • García Navarro, Justo
  • Oteiza Sanjosé, Ignacio
Item Type: Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article)
Event Title: SB10 Espoo: Sustainable Community -buildingSMART.
Event Dates: 21/09/2010 - 23/09/2010
Event Location: Espoo, Finlandia
Title of Book: Proceedings of SB10 Espoo: Sustainable Community -buildingSMART
Date: 2010
Subjects:
Faculty: E.T.S.I. Agrónomos (UPM) [antigua denominación]
Department: Construcción y Vías Rurales [hasta 2014]
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

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Abstract

This article analyzes the energy-saving potential of various facade design strategies from a life cycle perspective, including the energy needed in the use stage and the embodied energy of materials. The results provide reference data on the behaviour of these systems in Spain and make it possible to identify the best strategies for reducing energy consumption in a wide variety of potential situations that may arise in both new construction and in the rehabilitation of existing facades. The impact categories studied are fossil fuel depletion and climate change, and design strategies are linked to climate data, orientation, air change rate, facade materials and wall composition. Exchanges between the interior and exterior environments take place through the building envelope, some of whose key design parameters include lighting, ventilation and heat flux. Improving this envelope can greatly reduce environmental impact, ensuring indoor environmental quality. This analysis confirms the need to consider the interactions among the parameters studied, as it shows that there are several design solutions with similar impacts, which can be adapted to project requirements. In both new construction and rehabilitation, some of these parameters may be determined by other design decisions not necessarily aimed at reducing environmental impact, so it can be very useful to be aware of a variety of design alternatives that can be implemented in specific projects.

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Item ID: 9191
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/9191/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:9191
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 19 Oct 2011 11:19
Last Modified: 21 May 2020 08:39
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