Evaluación del mejoramiento del confort térmico con la incorporación de materiales sostenibles en viviendas de autoconstrucción en Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract

This article evaluates how the incorporation of sustainable materials improved thermal comfort in a habitat using the self-build process, in the San José de Bosa neighborhood in Bogota, Colombia. The problem of comfort was addressed as a fundamental condition of the habitat. The habitat responds to a need for shelter, understood as the need to have one’s own space regardless of the way this space responds to climate variables. The use of sustainable materials provides environmental benefits, especially for large cities due to the current high levels of pollution (Fernández-Agüera, Domínguez- Amarillo, Alonso, & Martín-Consuegra, 2019). In these peripheral neighborhoods, cement, brick and steel are the most commonly used construction materials. A case study was carried out in which periodic measurements were made with the objective of determining the thermal balance and how the materials used responded to the existing climate conditions. In order to improve not only the thermal comfort but also the sustainability of the habitat, sustainable materials were used. Finally, new measurements were made to determine if the new materials improved the thermal comfort of the habitat and an increase of 6 °C in the average indoor temperature was established.