Review of NZEB Criteria: Design of Life Containers in Operations Area

Mario Garzón-Juan, Ana Nieto-Morote and Francisco Ruz-Vila
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Mario Garzón-Juan: Project Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, c/Dr. Fleming, s/n, 30202 Cartagena, Spain
Ana Nieto-Morote: Project Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, c/Dr. Fleming, s/n, 30202 Cartagena, Spain
Francisco Ruz-Vila: Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, c/Dr. Fleming, s/n, 30202 Cartagena, Spain

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: The Spanish Ministry of Defense is currently attempting to reduce the amount of energy that is consumed by its military bases and has therefore raised concerns about how to make their facilities more energy efficient. To fulfill this objective, the Spanish army has developed various studies and projects, as well as a technical prescription sheet that defines the thermal transmittance values of the materials that are to be used to construct the different elements of the containers that make up the temporary housing units at Spanish military camps. Both governments and private entities have developed initiatives that are aimed at improving the energy efficiency of buildings, which are classified into two groups: those aimed at the development of mandatory building codes and those that are based on voluntary certification programs. The use of passive strategies is one of the key actions that is being implemented to achieve the NZEB category, as its first requirement is to be a “very low energy consumption building”. This paper compares the energy efficiency requirements of the tents and containers that are used in military camps and the energy-efficient design requirements that are demanded by the energy efficiency standards for buildings in the civil sector. Through this comparison, we determine how energy efficient the current living spaces in military camps are in order to define strategies that can be implemented to improve the design requirements of these living spaces so to reduce the consumption and operation logistics and to improve both operability and safety in military camp facilities.

Keywords: design of life containers; NZEB; operations area; military camps; efficient design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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