Achieving Thermal Comfort through the Design of a Tourist Hotel – (Huancayo)

Abstract

At present, there are numerous studies of methods that evaluate indoor thermal comfort of buildings incorporating energy efficiency criteria in the design and architecture. All bioclimatic planning in buildings is to grant comfort conditions to the occupants, because a negative impact could be generated if sustainable tourism is not planned. This paper presents the results of a design proposal of the Tourist Hotel inserted in the area of regional conservation of Huaytapallana. Therefore, the use of thermal comfort indices suitable for the study of climatic conditions in tourist places is analyzed, in addition to the study of representative cases of places with the greatest influx of tourism, also because they have similar climates and cultural contexts. The methodology to be used is experimental for the proposal, of a descriptive and applicative type, for having contributions of information, applying tools and techniques of design for the proposal. Three tools are used: Mahoney Tables, Psychometric Abacus and the Bioclimatic Chart, which are executed and then contrast the results with each other, to later discuss them and determine if the tourist hotel responds to the thermal comfort needs of tourists in Huaytapallana snow mountain.