Publications & Conferences
From the Spanish peninsula to the beaches of Brazil, conference papers on climate, daylight, energy, thermal comfort, and sensitivity analysis in tropical and cold-equatorial contexts. Where can simulation predict comfort in places that don't fit the standard temperate playbook?
- Papers
- 7 publications
- Span
- 2018 – 2020
- Venues
- PLEA · ENCAC · MACDES · I+D+i
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PLEA, La Coruña, Spain · 2020Global sensitivity analysis of passive solar systems: a case study in cold equatorial climate conditions
Which envelope parameters actually drive performance in cold-equatorial climates, and which are noise. Identifies the small set of variables that justify early-stage design effort.
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XV ENCAC, João Pessoa, Brazil · 2019Daylight and thermal comfort generated by the programming of classes at the National University of Colombia, Medellín
How class timetabling (a non-architectural lever) can materially shift daylight and thermal comfort outcomes in existing buildings.
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XV ENCAC, João Pessoa, Brazil · 2019Thermal Character (TC) as a metric for the calibration of computer models of thermal performance
A proposed metric for matching simulated thermal behaviour to measured data, useful for tropical contexts where standard calibration metrics underperform.
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XV ENCAC, João Pessoa, Brazil · 2019Sensitivity study of skylights in the tropics, considering daylight, visual comfort, and thermal performance
Skylight geometry trade-offs in tropical climates: where daylight benefit and thermal penalty actually balance, and the design parameter ranges that hold up under sensitivity testing.
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I+D+i Sostenibilidad Energética, Quito, Ecuador · 2019Optimization process in passive solar heating system design
A parametric optimisation workflow for passive solar heating in mountain climates, showing how systematic exploration outperforms the rule-of-thumb baseline.
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V MACDES, La Habana, Cuba · 2018Integrated assessment of daylight, ventilation and noise in three children's classrooms in Medellín, Colombia
Cross-disciplinary measurement of daylight, ventilation, and acoustic conditions in three classrooms, showing where single-metric design optimisation misses the real comfort story.
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V MACDES, La Habana, Cuba · 2018Cost/benefits of mitigating heat gain in high-rise housing
Quantifies the cost-to-comfort return on common heat-gain mitigation strategies in tropical high-rise housing, ranking interventions by life-cycle value.