Integration of building archetypes and typological urban forms to assess energy performance and thermal comfort: Proposal of suitable parameters for Latin America
Compared to the European Union (EU), Latin American (LA) countries are much slower in implementing policies to improve energy performance and thermal comfort in the residential building stock. This comes at a time when cities in developing countries are experiencing faster growth than in the develop...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad del País Vasco |
| Repositorio: | Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/70994 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/70994 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | urban energy models bottom-up approach building stock residential sector urban morphology parameters developing countries |
| Sumario: | Compared to the European Union (EU), Latin American (LA) countries are much slower in implementing policies to improve energy performance and thermal comfort in the residential building stock. This comes at a time when cities in developing countries are experiencing faster growth than in the developed world. Understanding that the morphological characteristics of the built environment are a key issue in improving the energy performance and thermal comfort of buildings allows for better decision-making in urban planning and design. However, this field has been relatively unexplored in LA. Therefore, this study proposes a workflow that integrates two urban models adapted to the particularities of LA cities (A+TUF): building archetypes (A) and typological urban forms (TUF). This will provide valuable information to architects, engineers, urban planners, and policymakers, to enhance decision-making processes. Considering the available information and the importance of the different parameters analyzed in the context of LA, 3 parameters are proposed for the definition of A and 9 for TUF. Additionally, 4 performance indicators are determined to assess energy performance (prioritizing passive design strategies) and indoor thermal comfort. Furthermore, the proposed workflow allows the incorporation of additional evaluation objectives related to other environmental aspects for holistic assessment. This will contribute to more sustainable urban planning in LA. |
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