The opportunities of timber frame construction, under building energy efficiency codes and environmentally friendly public policies, in developing countries

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dc.contributor.authorVictorero Castaño, Felipe Andrés
dc.contributor.authorPavez Gallegos, Danny Leonel
dc.contributor.authorMéndez López, Daniela
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T19:21:39Z
dc.date.available2025-11-18T19:21:39Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractTimber construction is widespread in developed countries, for its multiple benefits, although developing countries such as Latin Americans tend to use other materials as an alternative. It can be explained by many factors, being one of the most important the lack of an industry that can give cost-competitive buildings, as well as national codes requirements to promote good construction standards and energy efficiency minimum requirements. Chile, one of the leading timber construction countries in Latin America, presents a chance to study how modern timber frame construction can develop under different geographical, climatic, and industry conditions. This work studies the timber frame building's opportunities, under five different cases, by evaluating construction costs and the impact of envelope's thermal insulation for energy efficiency. The result of this study shows that Chilean timber frame houses are more cost-competitive than other materials alternatives; and even though timber frame multistory buildings, are not as competitive when direct construction costs are compared with other materials, they could present fewer operation costs on their life span. Also, this study shows that minimum thermal insulation standards could contribute, at least at first, to making timber buildings more economically attractive against other materials, and especially in colder climates. Moreover, public policies focused on measuring and pricing constructions environmental impacts, such as CO2e emissions, could also promote the use of more sustainable and renewable materials like timber frame constructions in developing countries, and need to be evaluated to reach a more sustainable model in the future.
dc.description.funderCIM UC
dc.description.funderCORMA
dc.description.funderChilean Housing and Urban Development Ministry
dc.description.funderChilean Wood Corporation
dc.description.funderMINVU
dc.description.funderUC Timber Innovation Centre
dc.description.funderWorld Bank
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2025-11-18
dc.format.extent10 páginas
dc.fuente.origenScopus
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS_ID:85120733928
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/107035
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Arquitectura; Victorero Castaño, Felipe Andrés; 0000-0002-3712-7772; 133897
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Construcción Civil; Pavez Gallegos, Danny Leonel; S/I; 193646
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Construcción Civil; Méndez López, Daniela; S/I; 213315
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.publisherWorld Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE)
dc.relation.ispartofWorld Conference on Timber Engineering 2021, WCTE 2021
dc.revistaWorld Conference on Timber Engineering 2021, WCTE 2021
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.subjectBuilding costs
dc.subjectCO2e emissions
dc.subjectEnergy efficiency
dc.subjectHeating cost
dc.subjectTimber opportunities
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.subject.deweyIngenieríaes_ES
dc.titleThe opportunities of timber frame construction, under building energy efficiency codes and environmentally friendly public policies, in developing countries
dc.typecomunicación de congreso
sipa.codpersvinculados133897
sipa.codpersvinculados193646
sipa.codpersvinculados213315
sipa.trazabilidadSCOPUS;21-03-2022
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