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Technology and Engineering
- ISSN: 2333-2581
- Modern Environmental Science and Engineering
Sustainable Housing Laboratory of Northeast Area
Rubén S. Roux Gutiérrez, María E. Molar Orozco, and Mireya Pérez Zertuche
Facultad de Arquitectura US, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, México
Abstract: The main problems of the housing construction industry are the changes in the building systems and materials that reflect a concern for helping preserve the environment, promote energy saving and increase the comfort of the users, resulting in the building of houses for primarily commercial criteria. With growing interest in the problems caused by climate change and the implementation of construction processes with limited environmental awareness in the development of housing, countries worldwide have begun to generate regulation and evaluation systems for new housing.
In concept of sustainable building, it refers to the use of processes and materials that are environmental friendly (with environmental or environmentally preferable advantages) in the planning, design, location, construction, operation, and demolition of houses. This paper aims to present a proposal for a sustainable housing Laboratory to develop housing models suitable to different climatic regions of the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, these studies include the environmental, economic and social aspects of housing through the Academic Board for Technology in Architecture of the UA de C Unit Saltillo, Campus Arteaga, based on his experience in the line of Technological Innovation in Housing.
Key words: housing, sustainability, evaluation
