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Year-round high temperatures and humidity in the Tropics, coupled with poor design decisions and climate change, can cause indoor environments to overheat, affecting health and increasing energy demand and carbon emissions. Passive cooling could help lower the indoor overheating risk. Given the gap in the relative influence of passive cooling design strategies on lowering the indoor overheating risk in tropical locations, this study investigated their impact in two warm tropical cities (i.e., Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula), considering both current and future climate scenarios, with a total of 3840 thermal simulations performed. Indoor overheating risk in apartment-type dwellings was assessed using two metrics (i.e., hours of exceedance and the indoor overheating degree), and considering fixed and adaptive thermal comfort limits. Simulation results show that the overheating risk can be significantly lowered in these tropical contexts using solely passive cooling strategies as heat adaptation measures. Multivariate regression models demonstrate that natural ventilation, wall absorptance, the solar heat gain coefficient, and semi-outdoor spaces have the greatest impact in lowering the risk in vertical social housing projects. This study emphasizes the importance of passive cooling and overheating protection design strategies in tropical building codes and building design while considering current and future risk.
Juan Gamero-Salinas; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Nirmal Kishnani; Jesús López-Fidalgo; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. Passive cooling design strategies as adaptation measures for lowering the indoor overheating risk in tropical climates. Energy and Buildings 2021, 111417 .
AMA StyleJuan Gamero-Salinas, Aurora Monge-Barrio, Nirmal Kishnani, Jesús López-Fidalgo, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. Passive cooling design strategies as adaptation measures for lowering the indoor overheating risk in tropical climates. Energy and Buildings. 2021; ():111417.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJuan Gamero-Salinas; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Nirmal Kishnani; Jesús López-Fidalgo; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. 2021. "Passive cooling design strategies as adaptation measures for lowering the indoor overheating risk in tropical climates." Energy and Buildings , no. : 111417.
Renovation at district scale is a key strategy to reduce CO2 emissions by optimising the implementation of renewable energy sources and taking advantage of economy of scale. This paper focuses on analysing good practice examples on energy renovations at district scale. The paper adapts a qualitative research methodology in four phases, including the multi-perspective analysis of nine exemplary renovation projects in six European countries, including identification of drivers and barriers of different stakeholders. It is found that the drivers for a district renovation are not restricted to energy savings, but typically also include improving the overall quality of life as well as the image and economic value of a district. Moreover, the need for financial models that can alleviate split-incentive problems between investors and resident organizations is identified. Barriers for carrying out a district renovation include that there is a need to comply with energy standards, that the renovation scope had to be limited to avoid a noticeable rent increase and that resettling of tenants during the renovation is often not possible. Lessons learned include that good communication amongst the different stakeholders, especially with residents, plays a key role for the success of the project. Furthermore, a strong leadership is needed to coordinate activities due to the great number of stakeholders.
Jørgen Rose; Kirsten Engelund Thomsen; Silvia Domingo-Irigoyen; Roman Bolliger; David Venus; Thaleia Konstantinou; Erwin Mlecnik; Manuela Almeida; Ricardo Barbosa; Jon Terés-Zubiaga; Erik Johansson; Henrik Davidsson; Mira Conci; Tiziano Dalla Mora; Simone Ferrari; Federica Zagarella; Ana Sanchez Ostiz; Jorge San Miguel-Bellod; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Juan Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos. Building renovation at district level – Lessons learned from international case studies. Sustainable Cities and Society 2021, 72, 103037 .
AMA StyleJørgen Rose, Kirsten Engelund Thomsen, Silvia Domingo-Irigoyen, Roman Bolliger, David Venus, Thaleia Konstantinou, Erwin Mlecnik, Manuela Almeida, Ricardo Barbosa, Jon Terés-Zubiaga, Erik Johansson, Henrik Davidsson, Mira Conci, Tiziano Dalla Mora, Simone Ferrari, Federica Zagarella, Ana Sanchez Ostiz, Jorge San Miguel-Bellod, Aurora Monge-Barrio, Juan Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos. Building renovation at district level – Lessons learned from international case studies. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021; 72 ():103037.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJørgen Rose; Kirsten Engelund Thomsen; Silvia Domingo-Irigoyen; Roman Bolliger; David Venus; Thaleia Konstantinou; Erwin Mlecnik; Manuela Almeida; Ricardo Barbosa; Jon Terés-Zubiaga; Erik Johansson; Henrik Davidsson; Mira Conci; Tiziano Dalla Mora; Simone Ferrari; Federica Zagarella; Ana Sanchez Ostiz; Jorge San Miguel-Bellod; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Juan Maria Hidalgo-Betanzos. 2021. "Building renovation at district level – Lessons learned from international case studies." Sustainable Cities and Society 72, no. : 103037.
In Spain and other Mediterranean countries, some museums lack cooling and ventilation systems. They usually are located in historical buildings with heritage protection requirements. This is particularly complex in a building with a use that has to attend to comfort conditions for visitors and workers, and to very specific and demanding indoor thermal and relative humidity fluctuations for the conservation of its artwork collection. So, current requirements for museums and the hardening of summer conditions and the heatwaves events related to Climate Change require facing refurbishment measures usually related with the building envelope and the implementation of HVAC systems that require energy. This chapter presents a case study of a museum in the north of Spain, that has monitored data of 10 years (temperature and relative humidity), more detailed monitored data of 2019 summer with two very early heatwaves, and the analysis of different passive measures to implement attending to the characteristics of the building (with high thermal mass, without solar shading, and without ventilation and AC systems) in order to achieve suitable environmental conditions in a museum and with the lowest energy consumption, and “ready” for the hardening of summer conditions due to global warming.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Jorge San Miguel-Bellod; Ainhoa Arriazu-Ramos; Purificación González-Martinez; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. Adapting Buildings to Climate Change: Case Study of a Museum in the North of Spain. Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation 2021, 1 -63.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Jorge San Miguel-Bellod, Ainhoa Arriazu-Ramos, Purificación González-Martinez, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. Adapting Buildings to Climate Change: Case Study of a Museum in the North of Spain. Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. 2021; ():1-63.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Jorge San Miguel-Bellod; Ainhoa Arriazu-Ramos; Purificación González-Martinez; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. 2021. "Adapting Buildings to Climate Change: Case Study of a Museum in the North of Spain." Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation , no. : 1-63.
Adaptive Opaque Facades (AOF) is an innovative concept with potential to achieve low carbon energy buildings. However, so far AOF are not integrated in the construction industry. One remarkable issue that designers have when dealing with alternative low-carbon technologies, such as AOF, is the absence of previous built experiences and the lack of specialised technical knowledge. Design roadmaps can be convenient solutions to guide pioneer low carbon technology applications. This work presents a roadmap to assist the performance-based early-stage design process of Adaptive Opaque Facades. Previous research developed new approaches and tools to assist on the construction definition of AOF, so that their adaptive thermal performance was considered when specific design decisions needed to be made. The roadmap presented in this paper organises the implementation sequence of each methodological approach and tools in different design stages, which aims to provide a holistic design approach for AOF. The usability of the roadmap was validated in a workshop called “Performance-based Design and Assessment of Adaptive Facades” with master students representing the target group of this roadmap. Even though these students had never heard about AOF before, they could successfully design, define the early-stage characteristics of an AOF and quantify the thermal performance of their AOF designs. The roadmap was proven to be a useful support, which might make the implementation of AOF more approachable in the future.
Miren Juaristi; Thaleia Konstantinou; Tomás Gómez-Acebo; Aurora Monge-Barrio. Development and Validation of a Roadmap to Assist the Performance-Based Early-Stage Design Process of Adaptive Opaque Facades. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10118 .
AMA StyleMiren Juaristi, Thaleia Konstantinou, Tomás Gómez-Acebo, Aurora Monge-Barrio. Development and Validation of a Roadmap to Assist the Performance-Based Early-Stage Design Process of Adaptive Opaque Facades. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (23):10118.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMiren Juaristi; Thaleia Konstantinou; Tomás Gómez-Acebo; Aurora Monge-Barrio. 2020. "Development and Validation of a Roadmap to Assist the Performance-Based Early-Stage Design Process of Adaptive Opaque Facades." Sustainability 12, no. 23: 10118.
This study delved on the role of semi-outdoor spaces (SOS), as form-based strategies, in providing enhanced, thermally comfortable environments in highly dense urban contexts. A sample of sixty-three (63) SOS was studied, within four different mid-rise and high-rise buildings located in the warm-humid tropical city of Singapore. It was found: (i) that SOS may act as thermal buffer spaces; (ii) that microclimate creation in SOS is linked to form, specifically to geometrical variables such as void-to-solid ratio, height, height-to-depth ratio, height from ground level, green plot ratio and open space ratio, which influence significantly the environmental factors of air temperature, mean radiant temperature, air velocity and relative humidity; (iii) that some aforementioned geometrical variables (height-to-depth ratio and open space ratio) are linked to thermal comfort when estimated with SET* and PMV* thermal indices; (iv) and that thermal comfort (between -1 and +1 PMV*) can be achieved in SOS considering a typical Singaporean outdoor CLO of 0.3, especially for 1 MET (85.7% of SOS). In the context of Singapore, this study demonstrates that incorporating SOS to mid-rise and high-rise building forms promotes the creation of thermally comfortable microclimates suitable for human activity, even during the hottest hours.
Juan Gamero-Salinas; Nirmal Kishnani; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Jesús López-Fidalgo; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. The influence of building form variables on the environmental performance of semi-outdoor spaces. A study in mid-rise and high-rise buildings of Singapore. Energy and Buildings 2020, 230, 110544 .
AMA StyleJuan Gamero-Salinas, Nirmal Kishnani, Aurora Monge-Barrio, Jesús López-Fidalgo, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. The influence of building form variables on the environmental performance of semi-outdoor spaces. A study in mid-rise and high-rise buildings of Singapore. Energy and Buildings. 2020; 230 ():110544.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJuan Gamero-Salinas; Nirmal Kishnani; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Jesús López-Fidalgo; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. 2020. "The influence of building form variables on the environmental performance of semi-outdoor spaces. A study in mid-rise and high-rise buildings of Singapore." Energy and Buildings 230, no. : 110544.
Cities with hot tropical climate suffer generally from warm conditions during all year long, which could result on buildings ‘overheating’ or high energy consumption by cooling. This paper is the first of its kind in Central America, region that lacks studies regarding thermal performance of buildings. This study develops an overheating risk assessment to twelve dwellings of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with a warm tropical climate, based on 41-day field study measurements of indoor air temperatures during its hottest season of the year. The aim of the study was to find if overheating risk differed depending on the building typology, single-family (SD) or apartment-type (AT), and based on the latter, to what extent roof exposure to solar gains and material properties, such as u-values and thermal mass, are parameters that influence the risk of overheating. The adopted methodology followed CIBSE TM52 Overheating Risk Methodology, and EN15251 and ASHRAE 55 adaptive thermal comfort approaches. Overheating risk was found to vary depending on the residential building typology. Dwellings with high roof exposure and high u-values in roof were found to be ‘overheating’ more. Following CIBSE TM52 methodology, some AT and SD dwellings experienced hours of exceedance above 3% of occupied hours, reaching up to 12.5% (61 h) and 20.3% (133 h) of occupied hours, respectively. Passive strategies such as improving roof properties (e.g. low u-values), shading and night ventilation may be necessary to reduce the risk of overheating in Tegucigalpa and similar tropical contexts where air conditioning is less affordable.
Juan Carlos Gamero Salinas; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. Overheating risk assessment of different dwellings during the hottest season of a warm tropical climate. Building and Environment 2020, 171, 106664 .
AMA StyleJuan Carlos Gamero Salinas, Aurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. Overheating risk assessment of different dwellings during the hottest season of a warm tropical climate. Building and Environment. 2020; 171 ():106664.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJuan Carlos Gamero Salinas; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. 2020. "Overheating risk assessment of different dwellings during the hottest season of a warm tropical climate." Building and Environment 171, no. : 106664.
Over the last decades, new concepts of building envelopes have been proposed to achieve environmental targets. Adaptability of transparent components and facade integration of renewable energy harvesters are being widely studied. However, opaque facade components are less developed, even if their performance can be further optimized. When searching responsive technologies to propose new opaque facades, we learned they were usually created for other fields, which hampers their direct application in new envelopes. The successful implementation of these technologies in façade industry depends on the fulfilment of diverse requirements, such as durability, security or flexibility in design among others, but this information was not easy to get when they were not developed for the built environment. There is a lack of empirical studies evaluating these characteristics for adaptive technologies, which are mandatory to define the technical specifications of a facade. However, literature review provides a great amount of qualitative information and this study uses it for its analysis in order to gain insights into the degree of accomplishments of aforementioned requirements. Analysed technologies were kinetic elements, shifting thermal behaviour elements, dynamic components and systems. Overall, they still need to face several technical challenges for their suitable facade application. The novel visual analysis proposed in this paper is an useful tool for researchers undertaking this task, as it allows a fast and holistic comparison of the potentials and weaknesses of the dynamic technologies. It was concluded that a suitable combination among them could help to achieve the broad functionalities of the facades.
Miren Juaristi; Tomás Gómez-Acebo; Aurora Monge-Barrio. Qualitative analysis of promising materials and technologies for the design and evaluation of Climate Adaptive Opaque Façades. Building and Environment 2018, 144, 482 -501.
AMA StyleMiren Juaristi, Tomás Gómez-Acebo, Aurora Monge-Barrio. Qualitative analysis of promising materials and technologies for the design and evaluation of Climate Adaptive Opaque Façades. Building and Environment. 2018; 144 ():482-501.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMiren Juaristi; Tomás Gómez-Acebo; Aurora Monge-Barrio. 2018. "Qualitative analysis of promising materials and technologies for the design and evaluation of Climate Adaptive Opaque Façades." Building and Environment 144, no. : 482-501.
To understand the general strategies to be applied in the design of the built environment, climate must be understood and incorporated as part of the conditioners of the design of buildings. But architecture must respond not only to actual but also future conditions in a warming and changing world. Southern Europe or the European Mediterranean Region is a well-defined region with similar climatic conditions, impacts and possibilities of adaptation to climate change, although with important differences that need to be understood. These differences are mainly based on the actual and future climate severity of the seasons which will have a direct repercussion in energy consumption to provide an adequate indoor environment to residential buildings.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Climate Conditions and Future Scenarios in Southern Europe. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 11 -20.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Climate Conditions and Future Scenarios in Southern Europe. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():11-20.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. 2018. "Climate Conditions and Future Scenarios in Southern Europe." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 11-20.
Warming conditions derived from climate change directly affect the thermal behaviour and energy consumption of residential buildings. In Southern Europe, warmer temperatures in winter and summer and extreme heat-related events impact all population, but especially the most vulnerable, namely the elderly, people with disabilities and long-term illnesses and people in energy poverty. Residential buildings have an important share of the energy consumption in the European context, and they are characterized by their intergenerational population and different socio-economic statuses. Climate-Ready residential buildings must lean on passive measures from the very beginning of building design, aiming at future scenarios without forgetting current climate conditions, and constitute a challenge to architects and engineers.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Introduction. Resilience to Climate Change in the Built Environment in Southern Europe. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 1 -9.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Introduction. Resilience to Climate Change in the Built Environment in Southern Europe. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():1-9.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. 2018. "Introduction. Resilience to Climate Change in the Built Environment in Southern Europe." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 1-9.
Approaches used to evaluate passive measures related to residential buildings deal principally with their incidence in energy demand and overheating risks. The first approach considers that all buildings are equipped with air conditioning systems, and the second one that they are naturally conditioned. But in the Mediterranean Region, due to different climate severities, and considering socio-economically vulnerable population, these systems may not exist, cannot be used, or have a very limited use. On the other hand, evaluation of indoor thermal environments should take into account that population living in residential buildings are intergenerational and varied, and should all be protected from future changing conditions through a Climate-Ready Architecture. Case Studies of two typical residential building typologies located in ten different locations in Southern Europe have been studied from both approaches, allowing an assessment of this challenge.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Incidence of Passive Measures in a Climate-Ready Architecture. Attending to Energy Demands and Overheating Risks. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 205 -244.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Incidence of Passive Measures in a Climate-Ready Architecture. Attending to Energy Demands and Overheating Risks. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():205-244.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. 2018. "Incidence of Passive Measures in a Climate-Ready Architecture. Attending to Energy Demands and Overheating Risks." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 205-244.
The fight against climate change demands improvements in existing constructions to adopt them to the objective of a reduction of energy consumption and of CO2 emissions. At present, in Spain and in other European countries, we have a large quantity of inefficient residential building stock, for example the dwellings which were constructed before the approval of the first thermal condition regulations for buildings. Hitherto, the strategy has been to prioritize the reduction of energy demands during the winter, as the highest percentage of energy consumption in the European Union is used for heating. By means of monitoring and simulation, we have detected the key factors which affect the energy demands of these buildings, and found the appropriate indoor temperatures for well-being and health. We present cases of monitored dwellings in which different situations may be compared, both those of construction factors and of use and socioeconomic conditions. These show the very different temperatures reached in buildings, where the thermal envelope has and has not been retrofitted. In addition, we show retrofitting measures for the thermal envelope which allow for a reduction in the energy demands for heating and an increase in user comfort, particularly that of the most vulnerable population groups. On this point, the user patterns for heating are highlighted. Lastly, the reduction in demands which would be produced in different European cities with the application of these retrofitting measures is compared to the present-day scenario and in the 2050 future in accordance with climate change predictions.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Retrofitting Focus on Vulnerable Residential Buildings in Winter. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 59 -125.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Retrofitting Focus on Vulnerable Residential Buildings in Winter. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():59-125.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. 2018. "Retrofitting Focus on Vulnerable Residential Buildings in Winter." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 59-125.
Residential buildings must respond to indoor environments suitable for the comfort and health of an intergenerational and varied population. Particular attention must be paid to the elderly, especially taking into account that this part of the population will be higher in future scenarios, and to people with disabilities or chronic illnesses who also spend most of the time at home. On the other hand, population socio-economically disadvantaged and related to energy poverty are also vulnerable, since they have to deal with the conditioning of their house with very low resources. Heatwaves are the deadliest event related to climate change in Southern Europe, and besides warmer summers, people face them mainly in their houses with or without cooling systems, depending on the climate zone. Therefore, residential buildings must protect all occupants from warmer conditions especially the most vulnerable, and designs based on passive measures are thus recommended. Approaches that optimize naturally conditioned buildings should be prioritized, taking into account the thresholds that result in the need of active cooling systems in order to protect the health of the most vulnerable people.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Vulnerable and Non-vulnerable Occupants in Residential Buildings. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 21 -44.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Vulnerable and Non-vulnerable Occupants in Residential Buildings. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():21-44.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. 2018. "Vulnerable and Non-vulnerable Occupants in Residential Buildings." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 21-44.
The action is taken to reach the European objectives for mitigation and adaption to the climate change demand intervention at all urban levels, that is, from the residential building to the neighbourhood and from the neighbourhood to the city. However, this action must first be based on the diagnosis of the current state of the residential stock in relationship with two of the most significant environmental aspects which are energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Second, action must also be focused on the knowledge of the efficient retrofitting measures of the thermal envelope in order to measure the reach or repercussions that retrofitting may have on residential buildings constructed as a whole. In addition, there must be awareness of the existing social reality in certain areas, in order to prioritize action plans and strategies in a viable and realistic way. This chapter shows an example carried out in the city of Pamplona, in northern Spain. In this example, typologies of social-type dwellings in the different suburban neighbourhoods of the city have been identified, a diagnosis of the energy efficiency of these buildings and their energy rating has been obtained, and two retrofitting scenarios have been established in order to assess the repercussions of the measures taken. The socio-economic aspects of the population which affect the potential for retrofitting have also been studied. Likewise, the potential areas of greater energy and social vulnerability which demand special assistance and interventions in order to avoid situations of energy poverty have been identified. The complete information has been gathered in a GIS model.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. The Scope of Retrofitting on an Urban Scale. Use of Geographic Information Systems, GIS, for Diagnosis of Energy Efficient Interventions at an Urban Level. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 127 -166.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. The Scope of Retrofitting on an Urban Scale. Use of Geographic Information Systems, GIS, for Diagnosis of Energy Efficient Interventions at an Urban Level. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():127-166.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. 2018. "The Scope of Retrofitting on an Urban Scale. Use of Geographic Information Systems, GIS, for Diagnosis of Energy Efficient Interventions at an Urban Level." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 127-166.
Residential buildings in the European Union are on their way to improving energy efficiency, following the European objectives that will contribute to climate change mitigation. However, while heating consumption has been falling since 2000, cooling consumption and the installation of air conditioning are experiencing a significant increase, mostly in Southern Europe. Although cooling consumption represents a minor share in the total of European energy consumption, this trend is relevant considering the future warming conditions. Passive measures incorporated in the design of new or rehabilitated residential buildings, from the very beginning of the project to constructive details, are recognized for being key in the goal of achieving reduced consumptions both in winter and in summer, with optimized designs for all year long. Finally, envelopes and active occupants will be especially relevant in this challenge.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Residential Architecture in Mediterranean Climates. Towards Optimized Passive Solutions for the Whole Year. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 45 -58.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Residential Architecture in Mediterranean Climates. Towards Optimized Passive Solutions for the Whole Year. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():45-58.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. 2018. "Residential Architecture in Mediterranean Climates. Towards Optimized Passive Solutions for the Whole Year." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 45-58.
This research deals with the way to approach Climate-Ready buildings, from the analysis of monitored residential buildings to the literature review of different case studies and their passive measures. Different case studies located in Pamplona, Madrid and Alicante in Spain, being flats or houses, with or without air conditioning, and with different occupants’ profile, have been monitored during heatwaves or severe heat conditions. Also, a specific review of measures for climate change in Mediterranean dwellings has been undertaken. The upper floor (especially where bedrooms are located) in new or refurbished buildings appears to be overheated or has the highest cooling consumptions, which highlights the need for much more research in design and constructive solutions of roofs. The location of Cool Retreats in dwellings is also highlighted, whether with or without air conditioning, and the importance of the active role of occupants and their adaptation to the dwelling is also stressed.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Facing Heatwaves and Warming Conditions in the Mediterranean Region. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 167 -204.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Facing Heatwaves and Warming Conditions in the Mediterranean Region. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():167-204.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. 2018. "Facing Heatwaves and Warming Conditions in the Mediterranean Region." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 167-204.
This book presents an approach to energy-efficient building design, which takes into account the most important challenges in climate change mitigation and adaptation in Southern Europe. It outlines a specific approach related to residential buildings and their intergenerational and vulnerable occupants, such as ageing population and users in fuel poverty. It also focuses on the use of passive energy measures throughout the year, and on pursuing a realistic and affordable approach to the efficient rehabilitation of resilient residential buildings.In addition, the book presents case studies that include surveys, monitoring, and simulation of residential buildings in Spain and other Southern European representative locations, in order to go further on the study of this challenging topic.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Passive Energy Strategies for Mediterranean Residential Buildings. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. Passive Energy Strategies for Mediterranean Residential Buildings. Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions. 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz Gutiérrez. 2018. "Passive Energy Strategies for Mediterranean Residential Buildings." Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions , no. : 1.
This research shows the study and analysis of sunspaces behaviour as passive elements of architecture during the summer, taking into account that they are fundamentally passive solar heating elements for winter. This study is carried out through monitoring and energy simulation of six case studies, applying it to summer 2011–2012 which was extremely hot for the climate zone in which it is located. These results are useful for the study of residential buildings with the forecasts of climate change for Pamplona, especially for an architectural element as sensitive to overheating as is an attached sunspace. The research concludes that attached sunspaces also have a good thermal behavior in summer, even in extreme conditions, as long as they are designed and used properly, and therefore no active cooling system is necessary. This research also explores the energy efficiency and optimized design of the sunspaces for different climate zones in Spain, selected attending mainly to the severity of summer although with different winter conditions.
Aurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. Energy efficiency and thermal behaviour of attached sunspaces, in the residential architecture in Spain. Summer Conditions. Energy and Buildings 2015, 108, 244 -256.
AMA StyleAurora Monge-Barrio, Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. Energy efficiency and thermal behaviour of attached sunspaces, in the residential architecture in Spain. Summer Conditions. Energy and Buildings. 2015; 108 ():244-256.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAurora Monge-Barrio; Ana Sánchez-Ostiz. 2015. "Energy efficiency and thermal behaviour of attached sunspaces, in the residential architecture in Spain. Summer Conditions." Energy and Buildings 108, no. : 244-256.
Ana Sánchez-Ostiz; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Silvia Domingo-Irigoyen; Purificación González-Martínez. Design and experimental study of an industrialized sunspace with solar heat storage. Energy and Buildings 2014, 80, 231 -246.
AMA StyleAna Sánchez-Ostiz, Aurora Monge-Barrio, Silvia Domingo-Irigoyen, Purificación González-Martínez. Design and experimental study of an industrialized sunspace with solar heat storage. Energy and Buildings. 2014; 80 ():231-246.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAna Sánchez-Ostiz; Aurora Monge-Barrio; Silvia Domingo-Irigoyen; Purificación González-Martínez. 2014. "Design and experimental study of an industrialized sunspace with solar heat storage." Energy and Buildings 80, no. : 231-246.