PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND DESIGN FEEDBACK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REFURBISHMENT OF TWO WINERIES IN MENDOZA, ARGENTINA.

GANEM, CAROLINA - BAREA, GUSTAVO - BALTER, JULIETA

Ahmedabad, India

Congreso; PLEA 2014 - The 30th International PLEA Conference at Ahmedabad, India; 2014

Universidad CEPT

This work presents thermal and energy performance evaluation of two wineries in the province of Mendoza, Argentina (32º40?SL, 68º51?WL, 750m above sea level). that have similar building size, equal amount and quality of production, but different envelope materiality. Vintage (February ? March), is the analysed period because of its higher cooling demand in a winery: tons of hot material (at around 26-30ºC) enter the winery to be processed at 8ºC while exterior temperatures are still around 38ºC. P winery was built with walls of traditional bricks, with an insulated metallic roof and simple glazing; and H winery was build parcially with insulated concrete panels, metallic insulated roofs and double glazing. In situ measurements of air and surface temperature, relative humidity and solar radiation were taken and were studied in relation with energy consumption registers. Advantages and disadvantages of these two cases are discussed and design feedback is given through recommendations simulated with Energy Plus software to environmentally refurbish each of these envelopes