Coconfort: optimización de las condiciones de confort térmico en la vivienda de interés social (VIS) en Bogotá por medio de paneles a base de fibra de coco

Abstract

Social Interest Housing (VIS) in Colombia has been developed for more than 70 years. the goal is to offer an own home to the lowest economic incomes households satisfying all the necessary habitability conditions. However, in recent years there have been situations that threaten the comfort conditions, including the low temperature of the interior spaces due to the use of materials that don’t have insulating properties for Bogotá’s weather. keeping the houses temperature out of the established comfort standards. Considering the problem of habitability that is generated in the houses due to their thermal conditions, the porpoise seek to give an economical and effective solution, using coconut fiber for the development of an insulating element getting a significant improvement in the temperature of the interior spaces of the houses. For the development of this research, Yerbamora Reservado residential complex is taken as a focus case, located in Suba’s neighborhood, in Bogotá. It is built with recommended materials for Social Interest Housing (VIS) such as traditional masonry walls (clay bricks), used for the facades of these buildings. A panels system mainly compounded by coconut fiber was developed, that due to its properties makes the thermal comfort conditions reach the national and international established standards.