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Abstract: In this paper we describe the design and thermal behaviour of a bioclimatic Auditorium at the National University of La Pampa, used for teaching activities in Santa Rosa, La Pampa (Argentina). The building was monitored in winter and simulated with SIMEDIF for Windows, a code developed at the Non Conventional Energy Research Institute (INENCO, Argentina). Then, a new project of a similar building was proposed for General Pico city, and the obtained physical model was used to simulate the building under the summer temperatures of the new city. The building was redesigned and passive solar strategies were applied to reduce heating and cooling loads. The final layout and the monitored thermal behaviour of the new building in winter and summer are described. Without additional costc, the new building savings were 50% in heating requirements respect to the conventional layout, and 70% in the requirements of conventional energy for cooling. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

The monitoring and simulated thermal behavior of a passive solar school at the Northwest of La Pampa province (Argentina) and the results of social-environmental surveys are presented. The passive design strategies are direct solar gain, thermal mass, insulated building envelope, daylighting, and natural ventilation. The monitoring is carried out under normal conditions of use (with the heaters working because of students attendance) and during an unoccupied period in winter holidays. The transient thermal simulation is carried out with SIMEDIF for Windows, a software developed at INENCO (Non Conventional Energy Research Institute) and widely used by researchers of Argentina. Northern glazed areas, orientation, internal heat gains, and use of the heating system, are analyzed. The daily heating energy consumption is 0.009 m³/m² of the building's useful area. When compared to conventional schools, 90% of heating energy savings are noticed. The surveys show that a predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PPD) is around 5, with mean temperature and relative humidity around 17°C and 27%, 1.6 clo (with jacket), and 1.8 met of metabolic rate (1 met = 58 W/m²). Therefore, ISO 7730 standards are satisfactorily accomplished. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]