Architectural, and urban sustainability, indoor thermal environ- ment and energy in Cuba
Keywords:
Sustainability, architectural and urban design, indoor thermal environment, energy consumption, Cuban warm and humid climateAbstract
Introduction: The scientific problem starts from a vision of sustainability in developing countries and is summarized in how architectural design may contribute to improve the indoor thermal environment and to reduce energy in the Cuban climate?
Methods: It has been structured in three units responding to specific objectives, which reflects the evolution of research techniques and methods, software and measurement equipment, at a lab and natural scales, as well as calibration and validation of simulation with respect to monitoring.
Results: The proposed theoretical and methodological base focuses on sustainability of the built environment from the point of view of the developing countries, takin the Cuban case as a referent; variables, parameters an indicators are proposed to evaluate the influence of urban morphology on the passive and active uses of sun and wind; the urban context is characterized according to projected shadow; the need to actualize the Cuban Standard is demonstrated; a procedure for the qualitative evaluation of design solutions in a warm and humid climate is proposed, and simulation and monitoring results are calibrated and validated. Conclusions: In order to move towards sustainability in developing countries, it is necessary to satisfy basic needs. Cuban society has demonstrated to be highly resilient, but it should pay more attention to the influence of architectural and urban design on indoor thermal environment and energy consumption.
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