Browsing by Author "Bustamante Gómez, Waldo Enrique"

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    Calificación energética obligatoria para viviendas: aportes para la discusión
    (Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable, 2020) Encinas Pino, Felipe Alfonso; Bustamante Gómez, Waldo Enrique; Ladron De Guevara González, Felipe Andres; CEDEUS (Chile)
    El proyecto de Ley sobre Eficiencia Energética establece la obligatoriedad de la Calificación Energética de Viviendas, que hasta la fecha, había sido de aplicación voluntaria. Si bien esto puede representar un avance en la reducción de las asimetrías de información que aqueja a los consumidores, requiere de un esfuerzo significativo de comunicación e implementación y la complementariedad con otros instrumentos para que sea efectiva.
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    Design Recommendations for Office Building Facades Based on Visual Comfort and Minimum Energy Consumption Criteria: The case of Chile
    (2024) Bustamante Gómez, Waldo Enrique; Uribe, Daniel; Flamant, Gilles; Vera, Sergio; Molina, German; CEDEUS (Chile)
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    Potential of Mid-Rise Social Residential Buildings to Reach Net Zero Energy Building Standard in Two Different Climates of Chile
    (International Building Performance Simulation Association, 2020) Tori Kendall, Felipe Andrés; Vera, Sergio; Bustamante Gómez, Waldo Enrique; Sills, Pablo
    The Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) are a real solution to reduce the energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by the building sector. Thus, many developed countries have conducted different studies for the development of public policies that encourage the implementation of NZEB. Chile adopted as environmental goal for the coming years reducing the GHG emissions by 30%, but the instruments to accomplish them have not been clearly defined. The NZEB might be a key strategy to reduce the GHG emissions. However, there are no studies that evaluate the performance of NZEB in Chile. The aim of this research is to determine the potential of mid-rise social residential buildings to reach the NZEB standard in Santiago and La Serena. In particular, mid-rise social buildings are selected as representative for this study through the use of a multi-criteria matrix. The electric consumption of buildings and photovoltaic production are simulated in EnergyPlus. The optimizations of the energy efficiency measures and the configurations of the photovoltaic systems are carried out in GenOpt. The results show that mid-rise social residential buildings are very close to reach the NZEB standard and through the optimized energy efficiency measures, the electric consumption of the building is reduced by up to 28%. Therefore, mid-rise social residential buildings have potential to reach NZEB standard but other measures must be studied.
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    Timber Biogenic Carbon Stock in the Urban Environment: Santiago City as a Second Forest
    (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2025) Victorero Castaño, Felipe Andrés; Bustamante Gómez, Waldo Enrique
    Urban environments significantly contribute to carbon emissions, both through operational processes and the embodied emissions of construction materials, thus exacerbating climate change. Nevertheless, urban timber structures offer a viable alternative by acting as carbon sinks, capable of sequestering carbon for decades or even centuries. This study develops and applies a methodology to quantify the biogenic carbon stored in Santiago City’s timber-based buildings, conceptualized as a “Second Forest” that transfers and preserves the carbon capture capacity of trees in the built environment. The analysis estimates that Santiago’s urban timber constructions have expanded their wood-built surface area by 192,831 m2 over the past eight years, reflecting the growing adoption of timber in urban construction. During the same period, biogenic carbon storage increased from 199.78 kt to 202.73 kt, equivalent to 10.84 kt of CO2 under average conditions. These findings highlight the potential of urban planning strategies, such as promoting taller timber buildings and adopting circular timber practices, to enhance carbon sequestration and reduce reliance on carbon-intensive materials. This research highlights the fundamental role that timber buildings play in urban climate change mitigation, positioning them as active contributors to global carbon management efforts.