An energy efficient secondary school project for central western Argentina
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.
- Research Organization:
- CONICET, Mendoza (AR)
- OSTI ID:
- 20050764
- 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
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