Digital simulation as a tool for bioclimatic re-conditioning of buildings
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https://doi.org/10.20868/ade.2017.3533Keywords:
Clima Tropical, Simulación Energética, Zonas de Vida, Confort Higrotérmico, Tropical Climate, Energy Simulation, Zones of Life, Hygrothermal ComfortAbstract
The present study proposes and implements a methodology to analyze the behavior of existing buildings in response to specific climatic and geographic variables, through the use of digital thermodynamic simulations that allow modifications to improve internal comfort. The analysis was carried out by means of six case studies located in three zones of life of Costa Rica: Tropical Dry Forest (Bs-T), Premontane Wet Forest (Bh-p) and Premontane Very Humid Forest (Bmh-p). The buildings studied are vernacular churches dating from 1901-1950. The methodology allows to identify the main factors that influence the internal thermal behavior and to establish which modifications can be implemented to achieve greater welfare, both in the case studies and in future designs with similar conditions.
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