Affordable Housing and Self-Contamination

Authors

  • Orlando Sepúlveda Mellado Universidad de Chile
  • Gustavo Carrasco Pérez Universidad de Chile
  • Antonio Sahady Villanueva Universidad de Chile
  • Gabriel Rodríguez Universidad de Chile

Abstract

This paper is a more exhaustive study of the thermal behavior and of the constructive quality of the materials used to build social houses. This is because the increasing housing demand with limited construction costs always leads to a point in which the offer capacity goes along with an important decrease of building standard.

Author Biographies

Orlando Sepúlveda Mellado, Universidad de Chile

Académico de la Universidad de Chile

Gustavo Carrasco Pérez, Universidad de Chile

Académico de la Universidad de Chile

Antonio Sahady Villanueva, Universidad de Chile

Académico de la Universidad de Chile

Gabriel Rodríguez, Universidad de Chile

Académico de la Universidad de Chile