Sustainability Assessment of Household Waste Based Solar Control Devices for Workshops in Primary Schools

Oriol Pons, Saeid Habibi and Diana Peña
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Oriol Pons: Department of Architectural Technology, UPC, Av. Diagonal 649, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Saeid Habibi: Department of Architectural Technology, UPC, Av. Diagonal 649, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Diana Peña: Structural Morphology in Architecture (SMiA), UPC, C/Pere Serra 1-15, Sant Cugat del Vallès, 08173 Barcelona, Spain

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-23

Abstract: Part of the large amounts of waste generated by human activities could have a second use while solving social problems. In this sense, the authors are carrying out a research project involving the participative development of innovative solar control devices integrated into school architecture using household waste. In general, the objectives of this research project are to: (a) optimize pupils’ learning process by improving lighting and thermal comfort levels and (b) reduce the generation of Spanish household waste by reusing part of it and increase the teaching community’s awareness about this waste. This research article reports on the steps taken to achieve these objectives by characterizing the most sustainable types of the waste-based solar control device. In this sense, this research paper defines and applies a new methodology which combines General Morphology Analysis (GMA), a new tool based on The Integrated Value Model for Sustainable Assessment and Focus groups. First, up to 96 different types of solar control devices composed of household waste have been defined using GMA and, second, these 96 types and conventional roller shutters have been assessed using this new tool. Based on these article results, one of the best alternatives has been prototyped during an initial workshop.

Keywords: household waste; sustainability; general morphology analysis; multi-criteria decision making; MIVES; focus groups; participatory workshops; solar control; primary education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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