Envelope characterization and self-climatic regulation assessment for wineries in the province of Mendoza, Argentina.

GANEM, CAROLINA; COCH, HELENA

Proceedings of the XI World Renewable Energy Congress.

Elsevier

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2010; p. 1 - 6

On naturally fermented beverages production, such as high quality wine, the use of auxiliary non-renewable energy for hygro-thermal conditioning of building and barrels, today is almost mandatory. Field research studies on a winery in Argentinas’ main wine productive region -the province of Mendoza, famous for the excellent Malbec among other delicate varietals- have been conducted. The winery is situated in the Uco Valley near the Andes Mountains (33º76’SL, 69º03’WL, 1200 m.a.s.l.)with a continental dry-temperate climate with hot summers and cold winters. Daily temperature differences reach 10ºC to 18ºC. This paper presents results in envelope characterization by amount of exposed surface and materiality and the assessment of its possibilities of self-climatic regulation. A first approach to strategies, as thermal inertia, in order to reach specific indoor temperature requirements for temperature stability for the three main production stages (fermentation, breeding and storage) by using passive architecture are also presented.