Improving building energy performance by addressing today's demand-side challenges: A review of contributions from Latin America
01 Dec 2020-Vol. 3, Iss: 2, pp 124-142
TL;DR: The lista procesada resulto en un total de 73 estudios as discussed by the authors, a total of 176 documentos como lista inicial, and most of which focused on the aspectos relacionados con los ocupantes, soluciones pasivas, de bajo consumo, and tecnicas de prevision for edificios inteligentes.
Abstract: Debido a la actual crisis energetica mundial y como resultado de los acuerdos de las naciones participantes, se han establecido medidas por las Naciones Unidas para superar los desafios relacionados. A pesar de los esfuerzos para incluir a los paises subdesarrollados en dicho proceso de decision, la mayoria de las contribuciones continuan estando inclinadas al hemisferio norte. Asi, este trabajo se enfoca en destacar los esfuerzos realizados por los paises Latinoamericanos (LA), entre 2018-2020, para contribuir especificamente en las mejoras en el desempeno energetico en edificaciones para abordar los desafios actuales del lado de la demanda. Dichos desafios estan relacionados con la gestion de la demanda: (i) picos de demanda no controlados y (ii) capacidad de transmision y distribucion insuficiente en la red electrica. Las contribuciones de LA se clasifican en independientes, colaboracion y aplicacion. Los estudios tambien se clasificaron en teoricos, experimentales, ambos y revisiones. La metodologia de filtrado de dos etapas implementada dio como resultado un total de 176 documentos como lista inicial. Al centrarse solo en los aspectos relacionados con los ocupantes, las soluciones pasivas y de bajo consumo y las tecnicas de prevision para edificios inteligentes, la lista procesada resulto en un total de 73 estudios. Los resultados mostraron que los esfuerzos realizados por los paises LA residen en su mayoria en la implementacion de estrategias previamente desarrolladas y propuestas por paises desarrollados, para realizar estudios de caso como independiente o en colaboracion. Finalmente, se presenta un analisis de fortalezas, oportunidades, debilidades y amenazas (FODA) para explicar los resultados obtenidos.
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TL;DR: The basis of the minimum energy efficiency and the renewable threshold for the definition of ZEB is established in order to better understand the application in Panama, based on assessing the energy regulations implemented in Panama.
Abstract: In recent decades, European countries have developed concepts, definitions, and construction technologies for Zero Energy Building (ZEB) that are effective and correspond to their specific climates. Latin American countries are still trying to find adequate solutions which respond to the local climatic, cultural, social, technical, and economic context. As such, this paper aims to establish the basis of the minimum energy efficiency and the renewable threshold for the definition of ZEB in order to better understand the application in Panama, based on assessing the energy regulations implemented in Panama. To achieve this aim, a review concentrated on the concept-definition and implementation adopted by Latin American countries is presented first before the paper converges into defining a framework for application in Panama. Finally, a case-study-based theoretical framework proposing a ZEB definition for Panama is discussed. The results of this study showed a net primary energy balance, of which the range falls into a plus energy building definition, indicating that all of the cases studied could supply their electricity needs using Photovoltaic generation. All dwellings studied have the potential to become a plus energy building, depending on the available roof surface area. Finally, a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis is presented in order to assess and support the introduction of such a ZEB definition and framework.
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