Diseño de una vivienda bajo el concepto de Powerhouse a través de plataformas BIM en la ciudad de Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

The growth of cities has given rise to multiple situations, one of them is the increase in the demand for household electricity worldwide, which has been supplied mainly through the consumption of fossil fuels, seriously affecting the climatic conditions of the planet and increasing atmospheric pollution at an accelerated level; as a result of this remarkable emergency, the creation and implementation of clean energy generating sources from renewable resources has become evident; this is the reason for the emergence of sustainable energy standards oriented to construction, being one of them the Powerhouse concept; it was born in Norway and it is a model of buildings that operates with energy produced by PV cells, whose objective is to be a micro power plant with the capacity to provide energy to neighboring buildings and that at its construction are used materials with low embodied energy. It is obvious that by having less polluting and more efficient alternatives, it is sought to globalize its implementation, which is why this degree work seeks to determine the feasibility and potential of a house that applies in its design all the concepts of the Powerhouse standard in Cuenca-Ecuador as a representative case of an andean city. The methodology implemented to determine the potential application of a house under the Powerhouse concept is through the use of BIM tools that help determine the production of electrical energy from PV cells and the comfort inside the house as a result of the strategies implemented in the design. The results obtained from the energy model show that it is more than feasible to implement a Powerhouse in the study site and cities with similar climatic conditions