Experimental and Numerical Study to Determine Opportunities for Energy Saving and Reduction of the Ambient Temperature in a Typical Economic home in the City of La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico

Abstract

The present work was elaborated carrying out a study with the purpose of identifying passive strategies of reduction of the interior temperature and energy saving in a house of social interest in La Paz B.C.S. For this study, a house located in the Calafia neighborhood was used in this city to which different thicknesses of a cellulose-based coating material were applied. The interior temperature of the air, in different locations as well as the temperatures of the walls, floor and ceiling, was determined to said dwelling. The external temperature of the air was also determined and the radiation was obtained from a CNA meteorological station on the days that the tests were carried out. With the experimental data, the reduction of the ambient temperature was determined. These results were compared with simulations of a house of similar geometry with different isolation strategies. It is concluded that the interior temperature of the house can be further dampened by increasing the thickness and mass of the insulating materials, supported by the use of shading and vegetation elements.