Energy Thermal Redesign of a Bioclimatic School through Monitoring and Simulation

SOLEDAD ORCE SCHWARZ, SILVANA FLORES LARSEN, CELINA FILIPPÍN

Congreso; PLEA2012; 2012

A bioclimatic solar school previously studied by the authors and built in the province of La Pampa (central Argentina) needed to be built in a new place in the province of Salta (North-west Argentina), with a different climate. Thus, the building was redesigned in order to adapt it to the new climatic conditions. To do this, transient thermal simulations were done in order to detect overheating problems and to check the building thermal behavior under the new climate. This paper presents the results of this redesign and shows the transient thermal behavior of the school in winter and summer. The school includes the use of passive systems to achieve energy conservation, comfortable indoor environments, low consumption of conventional energy, and significant reductions in CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. The simulations allowed evaluating materials and design strategies adapted to the new climate.