Cataloguing of the Defects Existing in Aluminium Window Frames and Their Recurrence According to Pluvio-Climatic Zones

The sustainability of building envelopes is affected by its windows, since these establish the connection/separation between the indoor rooms and the external environment. They can also lead to problems if they do not offer sufficient protection against external agents. The data source in this resea...

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Autores: Carretero Ayuso, Manuel Jesús, Rodríguez Jiménez, Carlos Eugenio, Bienvenido Huertas, David, Moyano Campos, Juan José
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Consejo General de la Arquitectura Técnica de España (CGATE)
Repositorio:RIARTE
OAI Identifier:oai:www.riarte.es:20.500.12251/1872
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12251/1872
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187398
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Permeabilidad al vapor de agua
Estanqueidad
Calidad del aire interior
Fuga de aire
Infiltraciones -aire-
Cambio climático
Condensación -construcción-
Humedad
Cerramiento
Ventanas
3305.14 Viviendas
3315.01 Aluminio
3305.90 Transmisión de Calor en la Edificación
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Resumo:The sustainability of building envelopes is affected by its windows, since these establish the connection/separation between the indoor rooms and the external environment. They can also lead to problems if they do not offer sufficient protection against external agents. The data source in this research is unprecedented, as it is based on records of court sentences. There is a significant number of cases (1615), which provides high representativeness for the functional reality of windows. The methodology that was developed classifies the defects and the causes that were found, also analysing correspondence with their recurrence according to aspects of climatological location. In the results, the cases pertaining to water infiltration, air permeability and humidity by condensation are highlighted. This study provides a vision that categorizes problems related to aluminium windows that may be useful for future interventions by agents participating in the construction process. © 2020 by the authors.