Analysis of Performance Strategies for the Preservation of Heritage Buildings: The Case of Puerto de Santa María

Abstract

Adverse impacts of industrial constructions have been central to debates on sustainable development and this issue is partly due to that the building sector is highly demanding in relation to energy efficiency. The future of an industrial building, given to its link with the production process, is also connected to the activity itself. In this sense, the conservation of the original industrial activity of a wine cellar construction requires very specific values of several microclimate parameters. The accurate modelling of these values is a key tool for analysing the performance of this building typology. The main goal of this paper is to present an integrated methodology to assess and optimize the efficiency and indoor microclimate for evaluating the potential of heritage buildings and acknowledge their features for future opportunities. The integrated model proposed is based on different assessments, which are the essential benchmarks of these buildings. This approach could be also proposed to any other heritage category to evaluate, according to several parameters and aspects, the preservation of its original activity. Due to the importance of natural light in this type of construction, the article presents an application able to simulate and analyse this fundamental aspect of an old winery with the use of advanced simulation tools.