Dwelling’s energy saving through the experimental study and modeling of technological interventions in a cold temperate climate of Argentina

FILIPPÍN, CELINA; SULAIMAN, HALIMI; SIPOWICZ, EUGENIA; PIPA, DANTE

Energy Efficiency

SPRINGER

Lugar: Maastr; Año: 2017 vol. 11 p. 975 - 995

1570-646X

The present work analyzes the potential of technological and economically feasibleinterventions performed to decrease the energy consumption in the building sector ofthe city of Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina (latitude: 36º27´S and longitude:64º27´W). The overall aim of our study is to assess the thermal and energy behavior ofa compact conventional-construction dwelling in a cold temperate climate zone throughin situ measurements, interviews with occupants and modelling. The specific objectivesare: to analyze the results of experimental thermal-energy monitoring in extremeweather seasons; to audit occupants´ use habits; to simulate and weigh the monitoringreal data; to obtain the dwelling´s thermo-physical model; to study the interventionspotential through low energy design strategies (conservation and solar gain); and tocarry out an economic analysis of the proposals. The results showed that an envelopewith thermal insulation is feasible from the economic point of view when consideringneighboring countries cost of natural gas (NG). In Argentina the low value per m3 ofNG, entails recovering the investment aimed at improving the envelopes thermalenergybehavior 64 years later, three times the envelopes thermal insulations life cycle.