Echeverria-Valiente, E; Garcia-Alvarado, R; Celis-D’Amico, F and Saelzer-Fuica, G (2019) Integrated design experiences for energy-efficient housing in Chile. Construction Innovation, 19(2), pp. 236-255. ISSN 1471-4175
Abstract
Purpose: This paper aims to review the application of integrated design strategies in several cases of housing in south-central Chile in search of ways to significantly reduce energy loss and demand. Design/methodology/approach: First, seven main design features of energy-efficient buildings in developed countries were identified. Second, these features were reviewed in two professional case studies from architectural practices and two academic exercises on residential design in south-central Chile. In all cases reviewed, characteristics of integrated design were verified to reductions in energy loss and demand. Finally, the procedure implemented was evaluated through surveys of those practitioners responsible for each experience studied. Findings: This process made it possible to highlight four main features of integrated design, namely, pre-established performance goals, interdisciplinary collaboration, regular broad-ranging meetings and the use of performance assessment tools. With these techniques, reductions of more than 50 per cent in the energy requirements of the housing designs were achieved, while safeguarding the functional, aesthetic and economic aspects of the projects. Research limitations/implications: However, professionals currently working in this field did express their concern regarding responsibility for the design and the time needed to complete the process. Practical implications: Furthermore, this experience also identified similar modifications made to the design of the houses, which revealed general possibilities for improving energy performance. Social implications: The conclusions obtained have been exposed in conferences and graduate programmes and applied in two real projects for the benefit of society: first, the improvement of building envelopes in social housing in Temuco; and second, CASA+, a modular, prefabricated and energy efficient house prototype. Originality/value: This paper carried out a novel review of an integrated design process in housing cases of developing countries, and identified the key features, which improve the environmental performance of dwellings.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | process; project management; team working |
| Index terms: | methodology, housing design, practitioner, developed country, interdisciplinary collaboration, housing, developing country, design strategy, society, prototype, programme, survey, energy requirement, architectural practice, energy performance, Chile, energy-efficient building, social housing, project management, performance assessment, building envelope, integrated design process, environmental performance, exercise, case study, aesthetic, conference |
| Subjects: | business, research design and methodology, data collection methods, research dissemination and communication, construction type, design methods, health behaviours and lifestyles, practitioner, modelling and simulation, energy systems, research methods, sustainability assessment, architectural elements, factor and component analysis, development economics, project management theory and practice, design process, Geography, sustainable design, assessment methods, housing and residential development, project controls, communities and social development |
| Topics: | Construction Technology, Sustainability, Stakeholder Management, Roles and Professions, Geographical Context, Project Management, Research Practice, Engineering Principles, Business Strategy, Health and Safety, Time Control, Human Resources, International Construction, Design Practice, Urban Studies |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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