Uruguay. A self-sustaining house built with fewer resources but at the same time more efficient in its energy consumption, is participating in the contest 'Solar Decathlon Latin America and the Caribbean 2015' to be the most sustainable and efficient house in Latin America.
The project known as 'La Casa Uruguaya', has automation and robotics technologies and was designed by professors and students of the University of ORT.
The main novelties of the house focus on home automation, materials and bioclimatics. As for the materials, the windows of La Casa Uruguaya are made of high-performance PVC and equipped with hermetic double glazing, do not require weatherstripping and have several ways to open to ventilate the environment. The choice of wood in this construction has multiple reasons, but one of the most important is its contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
The house has a vertical pergola that minimizes the incidence of direct sun on the walls of the house thus reducing the temperature of the environment naturally. This strategy is useful in the city of Cali in Colombia and also for the summer in Uruguay.
With the aim of reducing the consumption of artificial lighting during the day, the house is equipped with large windows and glazed spaces that ensure good natural lighting to all spaces. From computerized studies they decided to place an opening at the end of the corridor, since it was the only area that lacked good natural lighting.
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