A review of “green building” regulations, laws, and standards in Latin America

C Zepeda-Gil, S Natarajan - Buildings, 2020 - mdpi.com
Latin America covers 20% of the world's surface but only produces 12% of global carbon
emissions. However, countries such as Brazil and Argentina have seen some of the most …

Scoping review of thermal comfort research in Colombia

JM Medina, CM Rodriguez, MC Coronado, LM Garcia - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
The analysis of thermal comfort in buildings, energy consumption, and occupant satisfaction
is crucial to influencing the architectural design methodologies of the future. However …

Effects of urban, peri-urban and rural land covers on plant functional traits around Bogotá, Colombia

M Salamanca-Fonseca, AM Aldana… - Urban …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Global South has suffered an accelerated population and urban growth. This
has created multiple impacts at the regional level such as erosion, soil degradation and …

Dynamic evaluation of thermal comfort scenarios in a Colombian large-scale social housing project

A Garay, A Ruiz, J Guevara - Engineering, Construction and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to analyze the technical, environmental, economic and thermal
comfort impacts of implementing passive measures and heating systems in Ciudad Verde, a …

[HTML][HTML] Aspectos de diseño resiliente aplicados a la envolvente que determinan el confort térmico en las viviendas sociales

V Nieto-Barbosa, R Cubillos-González… - Revista ingeniería de …, 2021 - SciELO Chile
Los habitantes de las ciudades en Sur América enfrentan un disconfort térmico al interior de
las edificaciones como consecuencia del cambio climático, situación que afecta …

Resilient Design Aspects Applied to the Envelope that Determine Thermal Comfort in Social Housing

V Nieto, R Cubillos, R Barrios - Revista ingeniería …, 2021 - revistadelaconstruccion.uc.cl
Abstract City dwellers in South America suffer thermal discomfort inside the buildings
because of climate change, a situation that directly affects their health. Resilient design …

Prefabricated house development with tetra pak carton recycling processing

S Kurniawan, CR Finaldy… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ojs.unikom.ac.id
Damage to the environment due to the increasing volume of waste every day causes
concern about the impact that will be caused and felt later, in addition, the need for shelter …

A thermal comfort model for high-altitude regions in the Ecuadorian Andes

I Mino-Rodriguez - 2021 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Of Ecuador's 3.75 million households, 33% live in poor-quality and substandard dwellings.
Construction standards provide metrics and criteria for energy and comfort performance …

Influencia del arbolado urbano en el confort térmico en espacios abiertos. Caso de estudio en Bogotá DC (Colombia)

AM Bustamante Zapata - 2021 - repository.udistrital.edu.co
This research assesses the influence of urban trees coverage in the thermal comfort by
experimental way at four places at Bogotá DC The purpose is giving orientations for urban …

Estudio de la vivienda convencional de la conurbación de Guayaquil (Ecuador) y su rehabilitación energética

SL Carbonell Hibito - 2023 - sedici.unlp.edu.ar
En Guayaquil, una de las ciudades más pobladas del Ecuador se inició un boom
inmobiliario aproximadamente desde el año 2000 mediante la construcción de …