Luis Abades Martínes
Department of Chemical Engineering and Seminar of Renewable Energy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Erika Martínes Pérez
Department of Chemical Engineering and Seminar of Renewable Energy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Laura Cristóbal Andrade
Department of Chemical Engineering and Seminar of Renewable Energy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Pastora M. Bello Bugallo
Department of Chemical Engineering and Seminar of Renewable Energy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp110572118Published in: World Renewable Energy Congress - Sweden; 8-13 May; 2011; Linköping; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 57:49, p. 2118-2125
Published: 2011-11-03
ISBN: 978-91-7393-070-3
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
Green Building is a philosophy aiming to maintain a high quality of the built environment while optimizing the use of resources; both materials and energy. Related to green building; sustainable construction consists in the creation and operation of a healthy built environment giving rise to high-performance green buildings.
These building concepts have already been taken into account by the European Union (EU) that has promoted the use of alternative energies; thermal insulation and responsible consumption programs; among others. The Directive 2002/91/EC came into force to regulate energy efficiency in new buildings. Member States transposed this text to their legal systems; considering the particularities of to their territories; geography; economy and society. In Spain; the Spanish Technical Building Code (CTE- Código Técnico de Edificación) promotes sustainable building. Other regulations regarding energy buildings certification; energy efficiency or renewable energy promotion have already been adopted.
This work presents a house designed taking into account some aspects of the sustainable house design; and compares it with a reference house. These aspects include the thermal requirements of the house following a simplified option established in the basic documents HE1 (Limitation of the energetic demand) and HE4 (Minimal solar contribution for heating domestic water) of the Spanish Building Technical Code.
