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Exploring the Effect of a Double‐glazing
Configuration on Acoustic and Thermal Performance
of a High‐Rise Residential Building in Arequipa
Carlos Zeballos‐Velarde 1 * , Karina Malaga Sanchez
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and Masa Noguchi 2
Researcher at the Vice rectorate of Research. Universidad Catolica Santa Maria, Peru.
ZEMCH Lab, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia
* Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +51‐959357917
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Abstract: In many parts of the world double glazing has proven to be an important passive technique
to improve indoor comfort levels without the need of air conditioning or other less sustainable devices.
However, few studies have been conducted in Peru to measure the efficiency of double glazing. For
that reason, we have carried out a research in Arequipa, Peru’s second largest city, the capital of the
Arequipa Region and a World Heritage site, located amidst the driest desert in the world, the Atacama
Desert ecosystem. For that purpose, different measurements were taken under similar conditions in a
traditional colonial Arequipan house and in different levels of a multiuse apartment building,
designed under Modernist principles. The results clearly indicate that the ancient traditional house
enjoys a better performance with a single glazing than the modern building, most probably due to the
material used in the construction. It has, however, better performance in terms of acoustic insulation.
Therefore, we conclude than the use of double‐glazing windows does not have a significant effect in
improving temperature conditions in a climate of this latitude and characteristics.
Keywords: Residential Building, Double Glazing, Environmental Eesign Performance, Arequipa
Exploring the Effect of a Double-glazing Configuration on Acoustic and Thermal Performance of
a High-Rise Residential Building in Arequipa
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