Sustainability and functional assessment of a mixed building technology solution

• Author(s): Bragança, L. ; Almeida, Manuela Guedes de
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5549
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): MBT buildings; Construction costs; Environmental impact; Thermal performance; Acoustic performance; Visual comfort
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Most of the new construction solutions arise from the feeling that something should be done in order to answer current society concerns: reduction of energy consumption, minimization of pollution, etc. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the potentialities of a MBT – “Mixed Building Technology” solution. This solution was evaluated under the thermal, acoustic and natural lightning performance, and economical/environmental analysis.