Traditional green facades as a summer energy saving strategy in cities with an arid climate

Fachadas verdes tradicionales como estrategia de ahorro energético estival en ciudades de clima árido

Fachadas verdes tradicionais como estratégia de economia de energia no verão em cidades de clima árido

Suarez, Pablo - Martínez, Claudia - Correa, Érica
Detalles Bibliográficos
2025
Fachadas verdes
Ahorro de energía
Arquitectura bioclimática
Desarrollo Sostenible
Green facades
Energy saving
Bioclimatic architecture
Sustainable development
Fachadas verdes
Economia de energia
Arquitetura bioclimática
Desenvolvimento sustentável
Español
Universidad ORT Uruguay
RAD
https://revistas.ort.edu.uy/anales-de-investigacion-en-arquitectura/article/view/4007
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11968/7708
Acceso abierto
Resumen:
Sumario:This research evaluates the impact of Traditional Green Façades (FVT) on the energy demand of a single-family house representative of the residential typology of the Metropolitan Area of Mendoza in summer. The provision of FVT is compared with the use of a traditional insulation technology (Expanded Polystyrene-EPS). The study is structured in three stages: characterization of the opto-thermal properties of the PVT, determination by thermal simulation with EnergyPlus of the energy savings associated with their implementation, and the comparison of the results achieved with those derived from the use of EPS. It is observed that insulating the entire vertical envelope through the use of FVT and EPS, generates energy savings on summer days with high temperatures, in the order of 18.2% and 53.4% for FVT and EPS respectively. And on days with average temperatures, the savings range between 28.7% and 58.6% respectively.