A project of the University of Navarra uses a technology from the aerospace and military fields to air-condition spaces.

The prototype has been placed at School of Architecture. PHOTO: César Martín Gómez

A project of the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra uses thermoelectricity, a technology from the aerospace and military fields, where reliability and low maintenance factors are fundamental. The purpose of research is to determine how these values can be combined with the integration of renewable energies in Building.

The researchers will quantify the responsiveness of this system by applying it to a prototype. They will evaluate the energy and economic costs of the system considering its installation in a residential building. To this end, they have installed a prefabricated module at campus, as a living space, which they will monitor for one year.

presentation from project in Shanghai

Researchers from the University of Navarra's School of Architecture María Eguaras Martínez and Natalia Mambrilla Herrero recently traveled to Shanghai (China) to present the idea at the world's most important thermoelectricity conference congress .

In addition to these doctoral students, the research team is formed by School of Architecture professors César Martín Gómez (researcher principal) and Joaquín Torres, responsible for project and the integration of the final solution in the architecture; Javier Bada, director of laboratory of Building, who is coordinating the assembly of the electrical and control systems; Alejandro Rivas and Juan Carlos Ramos, professors of area of Thermal and Fluids Engineering of the School of Engineering, who will validate the thermal and operational simulations of the system; and Bienvenido León, professor of School of Communication, who will be in charge of disseminating the results of work.

Interview with María Eguaras on 98.3 Radio: