Thermal behaviour of an earth-sheltered autonomous building – The Brighton Earthship

Ip, Kenneth; Miller, Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2009.02.006

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“…Simulations showed that wall conduction rate, infiltration and night ventilation are the weak points of the building, as well as the reason of its bad thermal performance, not the materials of the building. Another example of current earth construction is the Brighton Earthship, where Ip and Miller [9] evaluated a building located in Brighton (UK) with a rammed earth-sheltered wall that worked as a long term thermal storage unit (Fig. 4).…”

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Thermal energy storage in building integrated thermal systems: A review. Part 2. Integration as passive system

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a b s t r a c tEnergy consumption trends in residential and commercial buildings show a significant increase in recent decades. One of the key points for reducing energy consumption in buildings is to decrease the energy demand. Buildings envelopes are not just a structure they also provide protection from outdoor weather conditions always taking into account the local climate. Thermal energy storage has been used and applied to the building structure by taking advantage of sensible heat storage of materials with high thermal mass. But in recent years, researchers have focused their studies on the implementation of latent heat storage materials that if well incorporated could have high potential in energy demand reduction without occupying the space required by sensible storage. The aim of this study is to review the thermal energy storage passive systems that have been integrated in building components such as walls, ceilings or floors, and to classify them depending on their component integration.

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“…At present there are about 3,000 of these types of buildings all over the world, mainly in the United States (most of them in New Mexico) as well as in Canada, Japan, Mexico, Bolivia, Australia, Spain, India, UK, Poland etc. [15]. Earthships are low-budget buildings, that can function in any climate.…”

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Bioarchitecture – a new vision of energy sustainable cities

2017

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Abstract. Transformation of the natural environment will press the humanity to search for the new look at the problems of architecture and urban design. Nowadays passive houses construction is a standard and green roofs are incorporated in the design of contemporary cities. That's why city cluster will be successively transformed into sustainable bionic systems, which allows to protect the nature and stop further degradation and exploitation of public green space. The good examples of contemporary trend of designing in harmony with nature are energy sustainable underground buildings of Malcolm Wells, who in 60s designed his first energy sufficient construction. The underground cities and rock houses were built from the early beginning of architecture, with significant examples of cities: Sanmenxia in China in Henan Province, Matmata (Tunisia), Cappadocia (Turkey), Uplisciche (Georgia) or Brlhovce (Slovakia) etc. The underground buildings and cities, blending in with the background of topography, have a positive influence on the landscape and are energy sustainable. Climate responsive design materials create effective insulation, which allows to maintain the stable temperature inside the buildings. Bioarchitecture improves the microclimate in the neighborhood through increasing oxygen concentration in atmosphere and limiting of CO2 emission. Bioarchitecture represents new direction in changing the design priorities towards being closer with nature and it's needs.

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“…Adituek diotenaren arabera, mende amaierarako giro-tenperaturaren igotzea lautik sei Celsius gradurainokoa izango da, eta klima-aldaketaren ondorioz, maiztasun handiagoz gertatuko diren ekaitzak gero eta bortitzagoak izango dira [1,2]. Klima-aldaketa saihesteko ez da hartu, oraingoz, mundu-mailako neurri orokor eta benetan eraginkorrik.…”

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“…Aurrerago esan den bezala, EAE ez da klima bortitzeko lurraldea (ikusi 1. taula). [1]. Hezetasunaren kasuan garrantzitsua izango da lurrun-barrera hermetikoa jartzea, aireztapena egokia izatea eta eguzki izpien sarrera egokia lortzea [28].…”

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Earthshipak: Bideragarriak al dira hornidura-sareetara konektatzea behar ez duten etxebizitza ekologikoak Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoan?

Bilbao

Álvarez

2015

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Earthshipek eraikuntza konbentzionalaren eredua erabat eraldatu dute.Azken urteotan, hain zuzen, bioeraikuntzaren oinarriak aplikatuz hainbat etxebizitza mota eraiki dira, baina haien artean earthshipak izan dira etxebizitza konbentzionalekiko haustura nabarmenena ekarri dutenak. Hala, gaur egun praktikan dagoen eraikuntza-ereduak eraldaketa bat igaro behar duela esateak ez digu ekarpen berririk egiten, jakina baita, eredu horrek ez duela helburu gisa jendartearen eta ingurumenaren oreka. Gure ingurua etengabe urratzen duen eraikuntza-ereduak muga jo du edo joko du. Kontu horri erreparatzen dio, hain zuzen, earthship filosofiak: inguruaren eta gizakien arteko oreka erabatekoa helburu modura duen eraikuntza-eredua. Lehenengo earthshipa Taosen (Mexiko Berrian) eraiki zen orain dela berrogei bat urte, eta gaur egun, mundu osoan zehar 3.000 baino gehiago daude, baina Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoan guztiz ezezaguna da eraikuntza mota hori. Horregatik, ikerlan honetan aztertuko da earthshipak zer diren, berauen oinarriak zein diren, eta Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoan ere bideragarriak ote diren.

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Thermal behaviour of an earth-sheltered autonomous building – The Brighton Earthship

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Thermal energy storage in building integrated thermal systems: A review. Part 2. Integration as passive system

Thermal energy storage in building integrated thermal systems: A review. Part 2. Integration as passive system

Bioarchitecture – a new vision of energy sustainable cities

Earthshipak: Bideragarriak al dira hornidura-sareetara konektatzea behar ez duten etxebizitza ekologikoak Euskal Autonomia Erkidegoan?

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