Evaluación del confort térmico en la vivienda rural existente en Colombia.

Abstract

This document sought to evaluate the thermal comfort within the existing rural housing and how it behaves according to the climate within the Colombian territory. Furthermore, it arises in the circumstance of the current pandemic that has highlighted the precarious conditions of thermal comfort and habitability in homes(rural). The rural area often has fairly high deficit in the NBI (Unsatisfied Basic Needs); hence an architectural, bioclimatic, constructive, social and economic characterization of rural housing (located in different climates) was carried out. Later the BIM methodology was used to evaluate through dynamic simulations the construction method of rural housing in Colombia. Those simulations undertook factors such as:the existing material and vernacular materials for the culture within the country (Adobe, BTC, Bahareque), the orientation ( South, North, East and West), the climate (Warm dry, Warm humid, Temperate and Cold), the typology of the house, climatic regions (Guajira, Choco, Quindío and Boyacá). Each simulation was able to provide a result of discomfort or comfort: Usually a consequence of number of hours within the comfort range for each climate and the hottest day in each given region. Those results allowed us to conclude which was the best material and orientation in response to optimize comfort. Everything was supported by process maps and IDM / BIM (Information Delivery Manual / Building Information Modeling) to document the planning and simulation processes.