Diseño urbano-arquitectónico del nuevo edificio administrativo para Centro Sur C.A. en el cantón Santa Isabel con la aplicación de estrategias bioclimáticas para la optimización del desempeño energético

Abstract

The demand for electricity in Ecuador increased by 8.13% in 2021 compared to the previous year, which highlights the need to guarantee the expansion and equitable access to this basic service. However, the Santa Isabel canton lacks an adequate administrative building so that the Central South Regional Electric Company can provide care in this territory. The design of this type of building represents a challenge, since national and local regulations do not include requirements to create healthy and sustainable work environments. The objective of this research is to design at a preliminary project level an administrative building for CENTROSUR in the Santa Isabel canton, using sustainable criteria to promote the work well-being of users and optimize energy performance. The hypothesis raised is that the implementation of bioclimatic strategies can meet these objectives. The methodology used includes an adequate theoretical foundation to support the urbanarchitectural design, as well as the diagnosis of the site of action. A preliminary project has been developed that considers the institutional objectives of the company and applies the principles of bioclimatic architecture. In addition, the energy performance of the building has been evaluated through three-dimensional comfort simulations. The main results demonstrate that the project satisfactorily achieves thermal, lighting and ventilation comfort in different analyses, including the hottest and coldest periods, as well as critical days. It could be said that the simulation reveals the different variations in the physical parameters of the space, however, the building maintains generally acceptable parameters, offering indoor environmental quality.