This book analyses the evolution of the construction systems and the required materials in Ecuador from 1980 to 2020, from different perspectives including environmental, economic, thermal behaviour, modulation design, and integrity of construction. It focuses on the relationship between energy and the evolution of construction in the Andean region of Ecuador. The theoretical framework of the book shows the extent of quantitative data collected from several sources and experimental data from studies carried out in local buildings. It gives a heritage-environmental perspective of building materials from Cuenca city, which has received the nomination of Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This book will help construction industry professionals, architects, and designers to make sustainable decisions for future construction, focused on different components of a building. Readers can extract a set of guidelines aimed at solving thermal, environmental, aesthetic, and even heritage issues of the construction sector of this region, from the specific perspective of building materials.
Author(s): Jefferson Eloy Torres-Quezada
Series: Green Energy and Technology
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 149
City: Cham
Foreword
Contents
About the Editor
The Construction Evolution and Their Energectic Impact in Andean Region Buildings
1 An Energy Perspective in the Construction Sector
1.1 Embodied Energy
1.2 Boundary Conditions
1.3 Calculation Methods and Uncertainties
2 Production and Consumption of Energy in Ecuador
3 Change of Building Systems at the National and Local Levels
3.1 Changes in Construction Systems in Ecuador
3.2 Changes in Construction Systems at Local Level
4 Change of Construction Systems and the Variation of Embodied Energy
4.1 Construction Systems in Each Period of Analysis
4.2 The Impact of Material Changes on the Embodied Energy of Buildings in the Andean Region of Ecuador
5 Conclusions
References
The Constructive Evolution of the Envelope. The Impact on Indoor Thermal Conditions in Andean Regions
1 Traditional Architecture and Climatic Conditions
2 Thermal Comfort and Materials in Traditional Housing
2.1 Thermal Comfort in the Andean Region
2.2 Materials in the Andean Region
3 Weight Reduction in Construction Materials
4 Thermal Impact of the Construction Systems Change
5 Results
5.1 Results by Periods
5.2 Overall Results
6 Conclusions
References
Construction Development, Economic Evolution, and Environmental Impact in Ecuador
1 Introduction, Concept, and Process
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Concepts
1.3 Methodology
2 Economic Evolution of Ecuador
3 History of Construction at the National Level
4 Relationship Between Economic Evolution, Construction, And Energy Sector
4.1 Results
4.2 Discussion
5 Conclusions
References
Constructive Sincerity and Bioclimatic Architecture
1 Introduction
2 The Material in Architecture
3 Pure Positions in Front of the Material
4 The Material in Bioclimatic Architecture
5 Constructive Authenticity and Bioclimatic Architecture
6 Conclusion
References
Materials from a Heritage Perspective
1 A General Level of Valuation Perspectives
2 Cuenca City: Architecture, Building Materials, and Historical Process
3 City of Cuenca: Energy and Life Cycle Approximation of Three Historic Materials
3.1 Adobe
3.2 Stone
3.3 Brick
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