Browsing by Subject "Architecture and energy conservation"
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02. Com pensar i fer edificis que consumeixin molt poca energia
(2011-05-04)
Audiovisual
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02. Les instal·lacions als edificis de vivenda col·lectiva
(2010-11-22)
Audiovisual
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A comparison of energy efficiency certification in housing: a study of the Chilean and Spanish cases
(2019-09-01)
Article
Open AccessFaced with implementing policies that seek to improve the energy efficiency of housing and reduce the impact of CO2 emissions, several countries are introducing (unilaterally or by international agreement) energy certification ... -
Acondicionamiento térmico y acústico de una vivienda en Cáceres
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-07-19)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessCon la realización de este Trabajo de Final de Grado se pretende estudiar el edificio seleccionado tanto sus antecedentes históricos, ubicación, climatología que le afecta, su sistemas constructivo, materiales utilizados ... -
Anàlisi del balanç tèrmic d'un edifici existent de tipus sanitari
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-12)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessHem volgut fer un balanç energètic entre l'energia guanyada per l'edifici per radiació solar i activitat interior i la perduda per transmissió i ventilació. S'han sumat els resultats mensuals per a obtenir un valor total ... -
Análisis comparativo térmico, higrotérmico y medioambiental de las diferentes soluciones constructivas de cubierta en el clima mediterráneo
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-05-02)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessEste proyecto pretende realizar un análisis comparativo térmico, higrotérmico y medioambiental de las diferentes soluciones constructivas de cubierta en el clima mediterráneo. El estudio se compone de cuatro bloques ... -
Avoiding the possible impact of climate change on the built environment: the importance of the building's energy robustness
(2013-02)
Article
Open AccessFollowing years of research and design in architecture under bio-climatic, sustainable and passive-energy concepts, today’s buildings are often well designed and constructed, responding to determined climate conditions and ... -
Building stock’s vulnerability to summer overheating and strategies for improving its resilience trough codes, standards and practices
(CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2014)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe main objective ofthis paper is to study the resilience of current Spanish residential building stock to climate change impacts. Results showed that 72% of current residential building stock in Spain is not performing ... -
Caracterización y evaluación energética de los vidrios de fachada en edificación
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-09)
Master thesis
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Conductance-based refractory density approach for a population of bursting neurons
(2019-01-01)
Article
Open AccessThe conductance-based refractory density (CBRD) approach is a parsimonious mathematical–computational framework for modelling interacting populations of regular spiking neurons, which, however, has not been yet extended ... -
Economic evaluation of Nearly Zero Energy Cities
(2019-03-01)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyAs a contribution to the study of the urban energy transition, this paper proposes a novel model of energy-economic evaluation of the cities self-sufficiency and presents its application in the form of a case study. The ... -
El disseny energètic a l'arquitectura
(Edicions UPC, 1999)
Book
Restricted access to the UPC academic communityAl cor de tot projecte d'arquitectura hi ha sempre una ambició de l'autor per trobar la solució òptima a unes necessitats sovint imprecises. Admetent la importància dels components de l'ambient (llum, so, tèrmica...) en ... -
"El Sol de Burkina Fasso": un complejo educativo integral sostenible
(2009)
Conference lecture
Open AccessEn la presente comunicación se presenta el diseño del complejo educativo “La Luz de Burkina Faso” que se ha desarrollado en base a tres Proyectos Finales de Carrera de estudiantes de Ingeniería Industrial de la Escola ... -
Energy performance forecasting of residential buildings using fuzzy approaches
(2020-01-20)
Article
Open AccessThe energy consumption used for domestic purposes in Europe is, to a considerable extent, due to heating and cooling. This energy is produced mostly by burning fossil fuels, which has a high negative environmental impact. ... -
Energy renovation of buildings : the skin of a building 70's housing developments in Barcelona Montbau's housing developments renovation
(2017-02)
Article
Open AccessThis study, considering the current conditions of our planet, proposes to analyze how efficient is to renovate building skins to meet energy, economic, and CO2 emission criteria. A building envelope is the part of a ... -
Escalas de rehabilitación
(Col·legi d'Aparelladors i Arquitectes Tecnics de Barcelona (CAATB), 2010)
Conference lecture
Open AccessAl abordar la rehabilitación como concepto a incorporar de una manera prioritaria en el sector de la construcción y en las políticas de vivienda, no podemos olvidar que se trata de una herramienta que debe ser aprehendida ... -
Estudio de un sistema automático para la mejora de la eficiencia energética en un edificio público
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07)
Master thesis
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Exergy as an indicator for enhancing evaluation of environmental management performance in the hospitality industry
(2018)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe importance of investigating both energy and exergy flows for assessing the environmental profile of buildings has long been acknowledged. Nevertheless, although an ample number of standalone case studies have performed ... -
How environmental and energy issues shape the cities : a case-study in Barcelona, Spain
(European Association for Architectural Education, 2012)
Conference report
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In situ measurement of façades with a low U-value: avoiding deviations
(2018-04-17)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn situ measurements of low thermal transmittance façades are required to ensure compliance with en- ergy performance strategies for new nearly zero-energy buildings (nZEB) and with energy policies for the transition of ...
