León Vázquez, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2018-02-07)
The solar chimney is a climatic conditioning passive system. This can generate air movements in a room by means of solar radiation. These air movements can amplify the comfort zone increasing human ...
Arias Holguín-Veras, Paloma Magdalena (Date of defense: 2022-10-17)
This doctoral thesis delves into the knowledge of Venetian glass known as smalti, a unique material with a long history whose main application has been as a tesserae of mosaic cladding. During the ...
Santana, Bruno Oliveira (Date of defense: 2021-11-23)
This thesis analyzes the wall’s thermal performance of learning spaces and its impact on cooling demand. Three classrooms are selected as case studies, each located on a different university campus in ...
Martín Goñi, Paula (Date of defense: 2019-04-29)
In Spain the housing refurbishment hasn’t reached the 25% respect new construction, even though more than the half of the house has been built before 1980. Besides, the construction environmental impact ...
Escobar Ruiz, Violeta (Date of defense: 2018-02-08)
Several studies have been performed demonstrating the Ventilated Roof effectiveness (VR) in the reduction of heat transfer due to high solar radiation. The present study analyses and classifies the ...
Marín Sellarés, Laia (Date of defense: 2017-09-06)
The lack of housing existing in Spain during post-war period lead Spanish government to implement housing policies with financial support to those projects that meet certain conditions both constructive ...
Calderón Peñafiel, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2019-06-20)
Considering that architecture and construction play an active part in the current global warming problems, there is a need to develop resistant construction materials with coherent environmental ...
García Nevado, Elena (Date of defense: 2019-04-10)
Many of the citizen's daily activities take place in the streets. Climatic conditions in between buildings largely affect the user’s comfort of these spaces, and, consequently, the human perception of ...
Guzmán Hernández, Ignacio Alejandro (Date of defense: 2023-11-06)
(English) Popular housing in hot and humid areas of Mexico often faces challenges in terms of energy efficiency and comfort due to extreme weather conditions. Humidity is one of the main problems affecting ...
Banirazi Motlagh, Seyed Hamed (Date of defense: 2024-02-13)
(English) Environmental protection is a principle of both Millennium Development Goals and sustainable development, underscoring critical issues like greenhouse gases, global warming, and air pollution. ...