Effects and Improvements in Carpentry for Thermal Comfort in Educational Spaces in Andean Mild Equatorial Climate
Environmental comfort is fundamental for teaching and learning processes. This work focuses on identifying shortcomings and proposing improvements for educational buildings in the Andean equatorial climate. A quantitative experimental methodology was employed, which included collecting thermal comfo...
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| author | Jessica Paltán-Cuenca Esteban Zalamea-León Mateo Astudillo-Flores Alfredo Ordoñez-Castro Edgar A. Barragan-Escandón |
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| description | Environmental comfort is fundamental for teaching and learning processes. This work focuses on identifying shortcomings and proposing improvements for educational buildings in the Andean equatorial climate. A quantitative experimental methodology was employed, which included collecting thermal comfort data to calibrate the use of the DesignBuilder v7 environmental simulation software. Issues with thermal weakness in the carpentry were identified, both due to the choice of materials and construction sealing. These are common weaknesses that arise in the context of the Andean Ecuadorian climate, but which affect moments of thermal discomfort during study hours. With the calibrated simulator, thermal improvements achievable by working on the carpentry to reduce infiltrations by half and improving glazing with double-glazed and triple-glazed windows, achieving even uniformity in thermal transmittance compared to other envelope materials, were analyzed. By reducing infiltrations alone, the average temperature increased by between 1.07 °C and 1.61 °C, surpassing the minimum comfort threshold and remaining within locally accepted temperatures throughout the day. With very-high-standard glazing, additional improvements are made, increasing the average temperature by an additional 0.30 °C to 0.69 °C, resulting in a less efficient alternative. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-189b05e4bf8a4014a7501efac1baa3de2023-12-22T13:58:18ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092023-12-011312304910.3390/buildings13123049Effects and Improvements in Carpentry for Thermal Comfort in Educational Spaces in Andean Mild Equatorial ClimateJessica Paltán-Cuenca0Esteban Zalamea-León1Mateo Astudillo-Flores2Alfredo Ordoñez-Castro3Edgar A. Barragan-Escandón4Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Cuenca, Av 12 de Abril y Agustin Cueva, Cuenca 010107, EcuadorFacultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Cuenca, Av 12 de Abril y Agustin Cueva, Cuenca 010107, EcuadorFacultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Cuenca, Av 12 de Abril y Agustin Cueva, Cuenca 010107, EcuadorFacultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Cuenca, Av 12 de Abril y Agustin Cueva, Cuenca 010107, EcuadorEnergy Transtion Research Group, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Campus El Vecino, Calle Vieja 12–30 y Elia Liut, Azuay, Cuenca 010103, EcuadorEnvironmental comfort is fundamental for teaching and learning processes. This work focuses on identifying shortcomings and proposing improvements for educational buildings in the Andean equatorial climate. A quantitative experimental methodology was employed, which included collecting thermal comfort data to calibrate the use of the DesignBuilder v7 environmental simulation software. Issues with thermal weakness in the carpentry were identified, both due to the choice of materials and construction sealing. These are common weaknesses that arise in the context of the Andean Ecuadorian climate, but which affect moments of thermal discomfort during study hours. With the calibrated simulator, thermal improvements achievable by working on the carpentry to reduce infiltrations by half and improving glazing with double-glazed and triple-glazed windows, achieving even uniformity in thermal transmittance compared to other envelope materials, were analyzed. By reducing infiltrations alone, the average temperature increased by between 1.07 °C and 1.61 °C, surpassing the minimum comfort threshold and remaining within locally accepted temperatures throughout the day. With very-high-standard glazing, additional improvements are made, increasing the average temperature by an additional 0.30 °C to 0.69 °C, resulting in a less efficient alternative.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/12/3049thermal comfortDesignBuilder V7air tightnessuniversity classrooms |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Paltán-Cuenca Esteban Zalamea-León Mateo Astudillo-Flores Alfredo Ordoñez-Castro Edgar A. Barragan-Escandón Effects and Improvements in Carpentry for Thermal Comfort in Educational Spaces in Andean Mild Equatorial Climate Buildings thermal comfort DesignBuilder V7 air tightness university classrooms |
| title | Effects and Improvements in Carpentry for Thermal Comfort in Educational Spaces in Andean Mild Equatorial Climate |
| title_full | Effects and Improvements in Carpentry for Thermal Comfort in Educational Spaces in Andean Mild Equatorial Climate |
| title_fullStr | Effects and Improvements in Carpentry for Thermal Comfort in Educational Spaces in Andean Mild Equatorial Climate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects and Improvements in Carpentry for Thermal Comfort in Educational Spaces in Andean Mild Equatorial Climate |
| title_short | Effects and Improvements in Carpentry for Thermal Comfort in Educational Spaces in Andean Mild Equatorial Climate |
| title_sort | effects and improvements in carpentry for thermal comfort in educational spaces in andean mild equatorial climate |
| topic | thermal comfort DesignBuilder V7 air tightness university classrooms |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/12/3049 |
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