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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 197, 2020
75th National ATI Congress – #7 Clean Energy for all (ATI 2020)
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Article Number | 02006 | |
Number of page(s) | 10 | |
Section | Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Industry | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202019702006 | |
Published online | 22 October 2020 |
Numerical Assessment of Bioclimatic Architecture Strategies for Buildings Design in Tropical Climates: A Case of Study in Panama
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Panama City, Panama
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Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Universidad Interamericana de Panamá, Panama City, Panama
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Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios de Ingeniería, Ciencia y Tecnología (CEMCIT-AIP), Panama City, Panama
* Corresponding author: dafni.mora@utp.ac.pa
The increasing concern expressed by building designers in Panama, due to new building-energy regulations, regarding sustainable development goals and energy efficiency, is leading architects to reanalyse their design strategies and evaluate the vernacular architecture. The main implications of the hot-humid climate characteristics stipulate that the need for cooling of indoor environments drives buildings’ design and settlements. This work aims to assess the use of bioclimatic architecture strategies in three existing building typologies design in Panama, in terms of thermal comfort performance. The approach adopted here is to compare and analyse the vernacular architecture with current architecture. Besides, to evaluate bioclimatic architecture strategies based on recent investigations and the guidelines proposed by Givony, Olgyay, among others. A numerical assessment was performed on the dynamic simulation software DesignBuilder, where the building’s passive strategies are evaluated in terms of operative temperature, relative humidity (rH), PMV, PPD, and discomfort hours (DH). All three houses, the HVA, HCA, and HRES were tested in three different locations within Panama City. Results showed that the strategies in HVA perform best for reducing rH levels, but the HRES performs best in overall thermal comfort performance, apart yet from the high rH levels encountered.
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