Simulación por ordenador de las estrategias de diseño de una vivienda inherente al contexto continental lluvioso del Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: Day by day, the construction industry has exponentially increased its activities in the world, causing vernacular construction techniques to be replaced by industrialized materials and construction systems that do not take into account the environment where they are located, which consequently has led to thermal comfort problems. The purpose of this research was to analyze the thermal quality of traditional houses in the San Joaquin, in Cuenca, Ecuador, sector by studying the three most representative housing typologies of the area, through the computer simulation of the most severe days of the rainy continental climate. On the days with the highest solar incidence there is an overheating in the dwellings between 26 ; and 30 ; due to the lack of ventilation and the thermal weakness of carpentry and roofing that facilitate the accumulation of unwanted heat, however, it was shown that, on cold days in the sector, the dwellings retain a level of thermal comfort between 18 ; and 25; that respects the suggested comfort ranges most of the year.