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Title: An energy efficient secondary school project for central western Argentina

Abstract

Within an ambitious construction program, required to implement a new basic education system in Argentina, three energy efficient demonstration school buildings are presently being built in the province of Mendoza, on the arid, central-western region of the country. One of the projects is presented in this paper, being its main goal to provide maximum environmental comfort, thermal and luminous, with minimum use of conventional energy, in the primary spaces of the building. The use of the locally available technology was maximized in the implementation of passive systems with minimum requirements for control or automation. The design was evaluated and adjusted, along its development process, using well known calculation and simulation tools. Anticipated percentual energy savings values are: 87.1% in natural gas for space heating and 82.2% in electricity for lighting. Unit construction costs were compatible with those resulting from bidding of conventional school building projects, within the same program.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
CONICET, Mendoza (AR)
OSTI Identifier:
20050764
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: SOLAR 99, Portland, ME (US), 06/12/1999--06/16/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999; Related Information: In: Solar 99 conference: Proceedings of ASES annual conference -- Proceedings of 24th national passive solar conference, by Campbell-Howe, R.; Wilkins-Crowder, B. [eds.], 779 pages.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ARGENTINA; DESIGN; BUILDING MATERIALS; THERMAL COMFORT; DAYLIGHTING; VENTILATION

Citation Formats

Rosa, C de, Esteves, A, Pattini, A, Basso, M, Canton, A, Mesa, A, Mitchell, J, Fernandez, J, and Cortegoso, J. An energy efficient secondary school project for central western Argentina. United States: N. p., 1999. Web.
Rosa, C de, Esteves, A, Pattini, A, Basso, M, Canton, A, Mesa, A, Mitchell, J, Fernandez, J, & Cortegoso, J. An energy efficient secondary school project for central western Argentina. United States.
Rosa, C de, Esteves, A, Pattini, A, Basso, M, Canton, A, Mesa, A, Mitchell, J, Fernandez, J, and Cortegoso, J. 1999. "An energy efficient secondary school project for central western Argentina". United States.
@article{osti_20050764,
title = {An energy efficient secondary school project for central western Argentina},
author = {Rosa, C de and Esteves, A and Pattini, A and Basso, M and Canton, A and Mesa, A and Mitchell, J and Fernandez, J and Cortegoso, J},
abstractNote = {Within an ambitious construction program, required to implement a new basic education system in Argentina, three energy efficient demonstration school buildings are presently being built in the province of Mendoza, on the arid, central-western region of the country. One of the projects is presented in this paper, being its main goal to provide maximum environmental comfort, thermal and luminous, with minimum use of conventional energy, in the primary spaces of the building. The use of the locally available technology was maximized in the implementation of passive systems with minimum requirements for control or automation. The design was evaluated and adjusted, along its development process, using well known calculation and simulation tools. Anticipated percentual energy savings values are: 87.1% in natural gas for space heating and 82.2% in electricity for lighting. Unit construction costs were compatible with those resulting from bidding of conventional school building projects, within the same program.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
month = {Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999}
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