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Reducing Cooling Energy Demand of Coastal Hotels in Tropical Climate through Sustainable Façade Renovation Strategies

Master thesis (2021)

Authors

A.D.J. Valdez Serra Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

Regina Bokel Building Physics (mentor)
A.I. Prieto Design of Constrution (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2021 Adriano Valdez Serra
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Published Date

14-09-2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The cooling energy consumption on tropical climate represent approximately 40% of the energy bill of tropical coastal hotels. This impact affects the economy of countries like Dominican Republic, which recognizes its value and its determined to invest in more sustainable strategies to mitigate this challenge along with the constantly increasing menace of climate change. In order to provide a solution, a comparative research study in combination of on-site experience and computational design is made to discover if the merging of passive design strategies with sustainable materials alone is sufficient to reduce the cooling energy demand to 50%.

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