Evaluation of Passive Strategies for Achieving Hygrothermal Comfort in Social Housing Buildings in the Dominican Republic
[EN] In a building, the thermal satisfaction an individual may experience generally influences their health, well-being, productivity, and energy consumption. The concept of thermal comfort and its importance in buildings has been known for some time. However, in the Dominican Republic, discussing t...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:riunet______::def5dc54e7887d3b680d19c69bf87486 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/235351 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Thermal comfort Passive strategies Thermal simulation Social housing 01.- Erradicar la pobreza en todas sus formas en todo el mundo 03.- Garantizar una vida saludable y promover el bienestar para todos y todas en todas las edades 10.- Reducir las desigualdades entre países y dentro de ellos |
| Resumo: | [EN] In a building, the thermal satisfaction an individual may experience generally influences their health, well-being, productivity, and energy consumption. The concept of thermal comfort and its importance in buildings has been known for some time. However, in the Dominican Republic, discussing thermal comfort in social housing is a challenge since there have not been many studies applied to this context, especially to social housing. For this reason, this research analyzed the thermal behavior of a typical social housing building through energy simulation, aiming to highlight the importance of passive strategies to improve comfort in a warm and humid climate without using air conditioning. The simulation was conducted using OpenStudio v3.9, which utilizes the EnergyPlus v9.4 calculation engine. Three case studies were analyzed, implementing passive measures and seeking to achieve temperatures within the comfort ranges of the housing prototype. The results show that combining different passive strategies for warm-humid climates significantly reduces temperature, achieving reductions of up to 2.8 degrees C in the colder period and up to 3.2 degrees C in the warmer period. |
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