Browsing Artículos (Instituto Universitario de Arquitectura y Ciencias de la Construcción (IUACC)) by Title
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Adaptive approach-based assessment of a heritage residential complex in southern Spain for improving comfort and energy efficiency through passive strategies: A study based on a monitored flat
(Elsevier, 2019-08)The energy retrofitting of residential stock is not always straightforward where heritage protected housing is concerned. ...
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Assessment of Indoor Environmental Quality for Retrofitting Classrooms with An Egg-Crate Shading Device in A Hot Climate
(2019-02)In the Mediterranean climate, a large number of educational buildings suffer from discomfort due mostly to energy-deficient ...
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Characterising draught in Mediterranean multifamily housing
(MDPI, 2019-04)Social housing dating from the postwar years through the end of the twentieth century is one of the major stores of ...
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CO2 concentration and occupants’ symptoms in naturally ventilated schools in Mediterranean climate
(MDPI, 2019)A large part of the school building stock in Andalusia lacks ventilation facilities, so that the air renewal of the ...
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Daylight Spectrum Index: A New Metric to Assess the Affinity of Light Sources with Daylighting
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2018-09-24)The current scenario of colorimetry shows a wide variety of different metrics which do not converge in the assessment of ...
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Daylighting and Energy Performance Evaluation of an Egg-Crate Device for Hospital Building Retrofitting in a Mediterranean Climate
(MDPI AG, 2018-08-02)Hospital buildings present a significant savings potential in order to meet the objectives of H2020. The improvement of ...
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Daylighting Performance of Solar Control Films for Hospital Buildings in a Mediterranean Climate
(MDPI, 2019-02)One of the main retrofitting strategies in warm climates is the reduction of the effects of solar radiation. Cooling ...
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Dynamic Daylight Metrics for Electricity Savings in Offices: Window Size and Climate Smart Lighting Management
(MDPI, 2018-11)Daylight performance metrics provide a promising approach for the design and optimization of lighting strategies in ...
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Effect of airtightness on thermal loads in legacy low-income housing
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2019-05-02)Spain's high winter weather-associated death count, the second largest in Europe, can be attributed primarily to the low ...
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Evaluating non-intrusive energy retrofits for the built heritage of the historic centre of Oporto
(Wit Press, 2017)Traditional building materials and techniques should be preserved when selecting retrofit strategies. The most recurrent ...
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Passive cooling through phase change materials in buildings. A critical study of implementation alternatives
(Elsevier, 2019-11)Global warming is gradually increasing the cooling energy demand of buildings. Phase change materials (PCM) offer high ...
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Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on Thermal Comfort in A Building Category: The Case of Linear-type Social Housing Stock in Southern Spain
(MDPI, 2019-06)The Climate Change scenario projected by the IPCC for the year 2050 predicts noticeable increases in temperature. In ...
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Protocol for the energy behaviour assessment of social housing stock: the case of southern Europe.
(Elsevier, 2016)The aim of recent European Directives and Regulations is the establishment of a common framework for increasing ...
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Rethinking User Behaviour Comfort Patterns in the South of Spain—What Users Really Do
(MDPI, 2018-11)Although energy analysis techniques can contribute to substantial energy savings in housing stock retrofitting operations, ...
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Solar Decathlon Latin America and Caribbean: Comfort and the Balance between Passive and Active Design
(MDPI, 2019)This article contains an overall analysis of the results obtained by the four highest scoring teams in the Solar Decathlon ...
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Test cell data-based predictive modelling to determine HVAC energy consumption for three façade solutions in Madrid
(Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2017)This study aims to narrow the gap between predicted and actual energy performance in buildings. Predictive models ...
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The acoustics of the choir in Spanish cathedrals
(MDPI, 2018-12)One of the most significant enclosures in worship spaces is that of the choir. Generally, from a historical point of view, ...
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Thermal 3D CFD Simulation with Active Transparent Façade in Buildings
(MDPI, 2018-08-28)In recent years active façades have acquired greater importance given their capacity to improve the energy efficiency of ...
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Thermal perception in mild climate: adaptive thermal models for schools
(MDPI, 2019-07)A comprehensive assessment of indoor environmental conditions is performed on a representative sample of classrooms in ...
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Towards an Energy Assessment on an Urban Scale for Retrofitting the Housing Stock in Mediterranean Cities
(Elsevier, 2017)According to European Directive 2012/27/EU energy retrofitting of the current housing stock is being promoted. However, ...