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Improving comfort conditions as an energy upgrade tool for housing stock: analysis of a house prototype
(Elsevier, 2022-02)
Given the role of the building sector as one of the current main causes of pollution in cities, the promotion of research on energy efficiency and sustainable strategies is key. At the Solar Decathlon international ...
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Optimal retrofit solutions considering thermal comfort and intervention costs for the Mediterranean social housing stock
(Elsevier, 2022)
There is an impending need to retrofit the existing social housing stock to improve thermal comfort and to reduce energy demand. This research proposes calibrated building stock models to assess thermal comfort of the ...
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Indoor environmental assessment: comparing ventilation scenarios in pre- and post-retrofitted dwellings through test cells
(Elsevier, 2021-11)
In the next few years, outdoor temperature is expected to increase significantly as a result of climate change, a noticeable phenomenon, especially in the Mediterranean. In this future scenario, ventilation is a low-cost ...
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Evaluation of environmental comfort in a social housing prototype with bioclimatic double-skin in a tropical climate
(Elsevier, 2022)
The aim of this paper is to broaden understanding of the social housing prototype that students and researchers at the University of Seville developed in response to tropical climate conditions to achieve the maximum level ...
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Evaluación de riesgos, monitorización y simulación de edificios patrimoniales
(Grupo Español del IIC (International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works), 2020)
Los edificios religiosos son una parte importante del patrimonio cultural, son documentos de nuestra herencia y tenemos la necesidad de preservarlos. Las condiciones ambientales en el que están inmersos estos edificios ...
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Thermal comfort prediction of the existing housing stock in southern Spain through calibrated and validated parameterized simulation models
(Elsevier, 2022-01-01)
Due to 2030 and 2050 targets of the latest international standards, energetically retrofitting the existing building sector requires special attention. Prior to the proposal of retrofit strategies, it is necessary to analyse ...
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Double-skin facades for thermal comfort and energy efficiency in Mediterranean climate buildings: rehabilitating vulnerable neighbourhoods
(MDPI, 2024-01-24)
The ongoing global energy crisis in Europe has intensified energy poverty in vulnerable households, prompting a critical examination of passive retrofit strategies for improving the habitability of obsolete social housing ...
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How do different methods for generating future weather data affect building performance simulations? A comparative analysis of Southern Europe
(MDPI, 2023-09-19)
Climate change will have a great impact on the hottest climates of southern Europe and the existing residential stock will be extremely vulnerable to these future climatic conditions. Therefore, there is an urgent need to ...
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Thermal insulation impact on overheating vulnerability reduction in Mediterranean dwellings
(Elsevier, 2023-05)
Heat waves are expected to increase the use of air conditioning (AC), deriving in higher energy consumption. This research aims to determine whether thermal insulation is an effective retrofit strategy for tackling ...
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Evolutionary analysis of the acoustics of the Baroque Church of San Luis de los Franceses (Seville)
(MDPI, 2021-02-04)
In the 16th century the Society of Jesus built a large number of churches following the Tridentine model of a Latin cross and a single nave. However, the shift towards this model did not entail the abandonment of the central ...