ESCANDÓN RAMÍREZ , Rocío

En las grandes ciudades españolas, el periodo más significativo de crecimiento urbano se produjo entre 1950 y 1980. Concretamente en Andalucía, el parque edificado en ese periodo supone un 40 % del total construido durante el siglo XX. Dado que las primeras medidas de limitación de la demanda energética en edificios no surgieron hasta 1979...

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En los años 50, se propone una revisión de los dogmatismos elementales y mecanicistas del Movimiento Moderno y del Estilo Internacional, reclamando, entre otras cuestiones, resolver el "hábitat" mediante una arquitectura que dé respuesta a las condiciones de vida y que establezca una relación con el contexto ambiental. Entre los...

Users' behaviour and indoor climate are two leading aspects that must be taken into account if we want the retrofitting of the housing stock to contribute to CO2 reduction, comfort improvement and reduction of living costs. The integrated facade module evaluated in this paper, which constitutes an approach to zero energy renovation, includes a...

uch of the social housing stock in southern Europe is obsolete in energy terms, with users who also present very specific socio-economic profiles requiring in-depth study. Proposals for this type of housing stock of current energy retrofitting policies, based on standardized user patterns, will only contribute to increasing the 'performance...

The aim of recent European Directives and Regulations is the establishment of a common framework for increasing energy efficiency, encouraging the retrofitting of existing housing stock, obsolete in energy terms. Most of the studies carried out on the energy characterisation of existing housing stock for their subsequent retrofitting focus on...

Current European energy policies stress the potential of housing stock retrofitting to reduce global energy consumption. In order to implement efficient measures, it is essential to know its real in-use energy behaviour. In southern Europe, social housing represents an important percentage of the residential stock built before the...

In recent years, there has been a notable rise in temperatures, along with an escalation of heatwaves as a consequence of global warming. This phenomenon conspicuously impacts summer and winter, leading to modifications in the building energy balance, such as higher overheating risks, increased cooling energy consumption or decreased heating...

En los años 50 surge una revisión del Movimiento Moderno, que incorpora la seriación modular y la conexión con el contexto ambiental, aunque con unas premisas alejadas de los actuales paradigmas de sostenibilidad. En este contexto, dentro del ámbito nacional, destaca el pabellón de España de la Exposición Universal de Bruselas de 1958, de...

Beyond thermal comfort, the future outlook of climate change poses a challenge for the health of the most vulnerable inhabitants of the existing residential stock. In southern Spain specifically there is extensive social housing stock that is obsolete from an energy perspective and occupied by an aging population with economic constraints for...

Exposure to noise is proven to have important repercussions on human comfort and health conditions. In recent decades, efforts to increase awareness among users have focused on highlighting the benefits of an appropriate acoustic indoor environment. In addition, given the significant increase in complaints about noise, the control, reduction,...

During the last years, there has been a significant increase in temperatures, as well as in the intensity and duration of heatwaves due to climate change, which noticeably affects summer, but also winter conditions. Thus, assessing overheating and undercooling risks in the existing stock is of the utmost importance, especially in highly...

Research studies have shown the potential effects of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on pupils' health and academic performance. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted renewed interest in the assessment of deficient indoor air quality (IAQ) conditions in schools and has become a priority over achieving adequate comfort conditions. Scientific...

Beyond thermal comfort, the future outlook of climate change poses a challenge for the health of the most vulnerable inhabitants of the existing residential stock. In southern Spain specifically there is extensive social housing stock that is obsolete from an energy perspective and occupied by an aging population with economic constraints for...

The urgent need to adapt urban environments to extreme weather conditions due to global warming has become a priority when allocating European funds. Current regional retrofitting plans focus on improving the well-being of the most vulnerable families by upgrading their homes. However, as there is no adequate characterization of the...

A significant part of the housing stock in southern Europe is obsolete and in need of extensive retrofitting to improve its energy performance and thermal comfort. However, before adequate retrofit measures can be proposed for this housing stock, the characterization of current building performance is fundamental. Although the simulation tools...

Climate change will have a great impact on the hottest climates of southern Europe and the existing residential stock will be extremely vulnerable to these future climatic conditions. Therefore, there is an urgent need to update this building stock considering imminent global warming by applying climatic files that predict future conditions in...

According to the IPCC Climate Change projections by 2050 temperatures in southern Spain will have increased noticeably during the summer. Housing—in its current form—will not be able to provide a suitable response to this new climate scenario, and will in turn prompt an increase in cooling energy consumption and a series of problems relating to...

Achieving an adequate indoor acoustic comfort environment is one of the main priorities to avoid adverse effects caused by noise. Façades are the constructive elements most likely to be retrofitted due to their delimiting function between indoor and outdoor space. This study compares the acoustic façade requirements established for new and...

The Climate Change scenario projected by the IPCC for the year 2050 predicts noticeable increases in temperature. In severe summer climates, such as the Mediterranean area, this would have very negative e ects on thermal comfort in the existing housing stock, given the current high percentage of dwellings which are obsolete in energy terms and...

Given that the existing residential buildings are expected to become a huge part of the future stock due to their low replacement rate, retrofitting plans are crucial to meet 2030 and 2050 energy efficiency targets. Notwithstanding, an extensive assessment of the current energy and thermal performance of the stock must be conducted prior to the...

The importance of building ventilation in avoiding long-distance airborne transmission has been highlighted with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemics. Among others, school environments, in particular classrooms, present criticalities in the implementation of ventilation strategies and their impact on indoor air quality and risk of contagion. In...

La eficiencia energética es actualmente uno de los principales focos de interés de las políticas europeas, siendo la rehabilitación energética del parque residencial existente una de sus prioridades para reducir la demanda energética del sector de la edificación. En Europa existe un importante parque de viviendas construido en el periodo de...

Heat waves are expected to increase the use of air conditioning (AC), deriving in higher energy consumption. This research aims to determine whether thermal insulation is an effective retrofit strategy for tackling overheating. Four occupied dwellings in southern Spain were monitored: two houses built prior to any thermal criteria and two with...