Zero cost conditioning techniques to improve the indoor environment of school buildings

Abstract In order to reduce the use of energy in buildings, it is necessary to make changes in the society paradigm, not only changes in the way buildings use energy. It seems appropriate to analyse the savings that can be obtained by simple actions related to the implementation of good practices fo...

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Autores principales: Larrumbide Gómez-Rubiera,Enrique, Gallego Sánchez-Torija,Jorge, Bedoya Frutos,César
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2019
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-915X20190003005252020-02-04Zero cost conditioning techniques to improve the indoor environment of school buildingsLarrumbide Gómez-Rubiera,EnriqueGallego Sánchez-Torija,JorgeBedoya Frutos,César indoor environmental quality (IEQ) school building energy optimization thermal comfort circular economy Abstract In order to reduce the use of energy in buildings, it is necessary to make changes in the society paradigm, not only changes in the way buildings use energy. It seems appropriate to analyse the savings that can be obtained by simple actions related to the implementation of good practices for passive conditioning, for which no economic investment are required. As a zero-investment action, the possibility of moving the school schedule to the period of the day in which the exterior temperature is lower needs to use energy to maintain the comfort condition inside the building is analyzed. Simulations of nine activities about moving school schedules and close the shutters in a teaching centre building located on the Spanish climatic zone D3 are carried out. The percentage of savings when the teaching centre imparts classes from 14:00 to 21:00 during October to May and from 7:00 to 14:00 during September closes the shutters in the summer period and in winter evenings is the 50%. The €6,120 of savings that are obtained annually with this activity could be an interesting economic injection that allows to undertake future investments in the school, and with it achieving the objectives sought with circular economy.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEscuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileRevista de la construcción v.18 n.3 20192019-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-915X2019000300525en10.7764/rdlc.18.3.525
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topic indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
school building
energy optimization
thermal comfort
circular economy
spellingShingle indoor environmental quality (IEQ)
school building
energy optimization
thermal comfort
circular economy
Larrumbide Gómez-Rubiera,Enrique
Gallego Sánchez-Torija,Jorge
Bedoya Frutos,César
Zero cost conditioning techniques to improve the indoor environment of school buildings
description Abstract In order to reduce the use of energy in buildings, it is necessary to make changes in the society paradigm, not only changes in the way buildings use energy. It seems appropriate to analyse the savings that can be obtained by simple actions related to the implementation of good practices for passive conditioning, for which no economic investment are required. As a zero-investment action, the possibility of moving the school schedule to the period of the day in which the exterior temperature is lower needs to use energy to maintain the comfort condition inside the building is analyzed. Simulations of nine activities about moving school schedules and close the shutters in a teaching centre building located on the Spanish climatic zone D3 are carried out. The percentage of savings when the teaching centre imparts classes from 14:00 to 21:00 during October to May and from 7:00 to 14:00 during September closes the shutters in the summer period and in winter evenings is the 50%. The €6,120 of savings that are obtained annually with this activity could be an interesting economic injection that allows to undertake future investments in the school, and with it achieving the objectives sought with circular economy.
author Larrumbide Gómez-Rubiera,Enrique
Gallego Sánchez-Torija,Jorge
Bedoya Frutos,César
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Gallego Sánchez-Torija,Jorge
Bedoya Frutos,César
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title Zero cost conditioning techniques to improve the indoor environment of school buildings
title_short Zero cost conditioning techniques to improve the indoor environment of school buildings
title_full Zero cost conditioning techniques to improve the indoor environment of school buildings
title_fullStr Zero cost conditioning techniques to improve the indoor environment of school buildings
title_full_unstemmed Zero cost conditioning techniques to improve the indoor environment of school buildings
title_sort zero cost conditioning techniques to improve the indoor environment of school buildings
publisher Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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