One of the aspirations of contemporary architecture is to get close to the model of the ‘sustainable city’: the city that supplies itself with energy through renewable sources; the city whose wastes can be recycled and reused, where mobility is clean
On June 1 a new certificate of energy efficiency in buildings comes into force, complementing other measures intended to make the real estate market more flexible.
Although it is more and more present in the architectural field, the language of sustainability is used with scant rigor. This brief dictionary collects some of its terms.
En climas con grandes diferencias térmicas estacionales y diarias los edificios necesitan almacenar energía (calor o frío) para mantener estable la temperatura interior y reducir el consumo. Es decir, necesitan dotarse de inercia térmica. Generalment