Low Energy and Material Housing? Crisis of the 90s in Cuba
Keywords:
housing, energy consumption, building materials and technologies, costsAbstract
Based on a comprehensive approach to the sustainability of construction technologies and materials, specifically during the use and exploitation stage, the article shows how far the so-called "Movement of low material and energy consumption housing", developed as a housing construction alternative during the crisis of the 90 in Cuba. This is part of an investigation on the evolution of housing in Cuba that allowed us to discover the best practices and prevent the possible repetition of errors. The evaluations were carried out according to the elaborated theoretical base, observation, measurement, interviews and surveys, the use of various calculation systems and analysis-synthesis processes. The important role of specific design solutions is demonstrated, as well as the erroneousness of the economic approaches in force at the time and that the houses that were built were large consumers of materials and energy with a very short useful life
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