Paula M. Esquivias- PhD in Daylighting
- Lecturer at University of Granada
Paula M. Esquivias
- PhD in Daylighting
- Lecturer at University of Granada
Lecturer at the departament of Architectural Technology at the University of Granada, Spain.
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Introduction
Dr. Paula M. Esquivias is a building scientist with a background on Architecture and Architectural Engineering working on the field of sustainable building design and environmental modelling. She works at the University of Granada. She has been participating in several research projects at the University of Seville and Valladolid, covering aspects such as daylighting and visual comfort, thermal conditioning, thermal systems, renewable systems and passive strategies for thermal comfort.
Current institution
Additional affiliations
February 2019 - October 2020
June 2014 - August 2014
EMPLEATEC MEGAWATIOS CONSULTORES ASOCIADOS SL
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- Energy labeling of buildings. REDES SEVILLA II Program. Promoted by the Delegation of Employment, Economy, Major Holidays and Tourism of the Town hall of Seville - headquarter General of Employment and Economy
January 2014 - January 2014
Position
- Lecturer
Description
- Management and Evaluation of Environmental and Energy Quality in Buildings. Fundamentals of the Whole Building Energy Analysis Tools Working with DesignBuilder
Education
June 2011 - September 2017
September 2007 - December 2009
September 1997 - September 2009
Publications
Publications (37)
During the design stage of a detached house located in warm climate, passive strategies were integrated and a high-energy efficiency qualification was achieved in accordance with the Spanish Building Technical Code (CTE). During the execution phase, an elevated level of control was carried out to guarantee airtightness and thermal insulation qualit...
Most of the students accessing architecture studies have never had the opportunity to visit the construction site before. This situation creates a pedagogical challenge for construction professors when it comes to transmitting effective learning about materials and technological solutions in buildings, as well as motivating students with unknown co...
The preparation of professionals conducting quality control in the construction sector demands new teaching models and professional insights regarding decision-making when testing and executing building materials. This chapter presents a teaching innovation methodology based on a sequenced Flipped Classroom model, with application to the testing an...
The complexity of technical subjects related to the construction field, in Architecture Studies, is elevated in the first years of study due to the lack of fundamental knowledge of terms and properties in construction systems. Students enter their first year without previous fundamental training, in most cases, without having visited a construction...
El confinamiento domiciliario derivado de la expansión del virus SARS-CoV-2 supuso realizar la Formación Universitaria de forma no presencial. Aunque para cierto porcentaje de la población universitaria supuso enfrentarse a una nueva situación, en realidad la Formación Universitaria a Distancia en España tiene más de 50 años de antigüedad. La educa...
Heat recovery systems installed in Air Handling Units (AHUs) are energy efficient solutions during disparate outdoor-to-indoor temperatures. However, they may be detrimental in terms of a primary energy balance when these temperatures get closer, due to the decrease in the thermal energy recovered compared to the global energy consumption required...
The building sector has the responsibility of being a generator of high carbon emissions, due to inefficient energy consumption in the last decades. For the European Union (EU) and the building sector, this pollution has generated a great impact and concern, establishing objectives in sustainability and energy efficiency in the short term. The EU,...
The Passive House Standard is based on the reduction of energy demand and consumption. In Spain, this Passive House concept has become the preferred alternative for achieving nearly Zero Energy Buildings. The necessary criteria were incorporated into Spain’s 2019 Technical Building Code, which considers the passive design of buildings. In fact, it...
In recent years, the building sector has been turning towards intervening in the existing city building stock. In fact, it is generally accepted that the refurbishment of buildings and the urban regeneration based on sustainability must form the axis of reformulation of the building sector. Nowadays, achieving sustainable urban development inevitab...
In recent years, the building sector has been turning towards intervening in the existing city building stock. In fact, it is generally accepted that the refurbishment of buildings based on sustainability must form the axis of reformulation of the building sector. Although energy refurbishment is commonly accepted and recommended towards decarboniz...
The high energy consumption of cooling systems justifies the need for strategies to increase the efficiency of the facilities, in order to reduce the related CO2 emissions. This study aims to improve the performance and reduce the energy consumption of an 8.6 MW air cooled chiller. This installed capacity is biased due to the screw compressors, of...
In recent years, the building sector has been turning towards intervening in the existing city building stock. In fact, it is generally accepted that the refurbishment of buildings and urban regeneration based on sustainability must form the axis of reformulation of the building sector. At present, achieving sustainable urban development inevitably...
The need to reduce energy consumption in buildings is imperative, but we must maintain individual thermal comfort of the occupants to ensure their well-being and productivity. Personal conditioning systems (PCS) have been suggested as a strategy to achieve both energy efficiency and thermal comfort, as they are considered to be low-energy consumers...
Usually the effect of global solar radiation on buildings is evaluated by focusing on the visible part of its spectrum, namely daylight, or on the thermal equivalent of sunlight, solar heat gains through external windows. At present, due to the difficulty of integrating and comparing thermal and daylighting results, approaches considering the integ...
Daylighting strategies analized using the Climate-Based Daylight Metrics and complemented with Direct Solar Heat Gains.
Development of a new set of metrics for the simultaneous assessment of the daylighting and solar heat gains produced for each architectural strategy
There are numerous parameters which affect daylight capture in buildings, determining their daylight potential. These parameters range from those which define the external conditions of the building, such as climate or surrounding, to devices for solar protection, passing through the configuration and materiality of openings.
In order to know the i...
This paper analyses the influence of different perforated solar screens (PSS) in annual daylight conditions expressed using climate-based daylight metrics. The PSS design require parametric studies that are often complex and time consuming due to a large number of simulations. Hence, a new methodology is proposed to optimize PSS design by applying...
In order to compare the domestic hot water heating (DHW) and the power supply performances of a south-facing unglazed flat-plate PVT installed on a roof, with an 8° gradient belonging to a solar house located in Madrid (40.24N, 3.41O) with no surrounding obstacles, a finite element heat flux simulation was performed and contrasted with a theoretica...
Office buildings consume large amounts of energy and are responsible for large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Among building energy efficiency measures, solar shading plays a significant role in reducing building energy consumption for cooling. This study analysed the influence of solar protection on daylighting of an open-plan offi...
The main aim of this article is to analyze the precision of several lighting simulation programs regularly used in daylighting studies for architecture, following the methodology established in the CIE test cases document. The 3DS Max Design 2014, Daylight Visualizer 2.6, DaySim 3.1b, Design Builder 3.0, Dialux 4.8, Ecotect Analysis 2011, Lightscap...
During the first stages of building design, issues such as local climate, surrounding buildings and orientation are determining factors. The impact of these boundary conditions on daylight illuminances in an open-plan office space is studied in terms of daylight factor, daylight autonomy and useful daylight illuminances. Climate conditions in the l...
This work evaluates the potential for the reduction of energy demand in residential buildings by acting on the exterior envelope, both in newly constructed buildings and in the retrofitting of existing stock. It focuses on analysing social housing buildings in Mediterranean areas and on quantifying the scope of that reduction in the application of...
The main aim of this article is to determine suitable proportions for lightscoop skylights, whose main characteristic is a vertical opening oriented in the opposite direction to the solar trajectory, with a view to ensuring maximum illuminance on the area under study within a room. Lightscape 3.2 software was used to carry out the simulations, comp...
