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Construction Sustainable

Holcim Awards 2008 Latin America: Acknowledgement

Energy-efficient medical and social center, São Paulo, Brazil

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Type of project:

Architecture (institutional)
Start of construction:
April 2008
Main author:

Leonardo Shieh, architect, Shieh Arquitetos Associados, São Paulo, Brazil


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Project Summary
In the planning of this Energy-efficient medical and social center, computer simulations played an important role – aerodynamics, thermal behavior and natural lighting were traced to minimize building costs and improve eco-efficiency. One sustainable measures is harnessing ground-water to cool intake air before standard air-conditioning systems are needed – known as geo-thermal pre-cooling.

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Presentation of Holcim Awards Acknowledgement 2008 Latin America (l-r): Leonardo Shieh (main author), Jörg Spangenberg and Rafael Brandão.

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Energy-efficient medical and social center, São Paulo, Brazil

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photos of team and prize hand-over

 


 

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