Associate researcher
CLIMATE-RESILIENT CITIES
alejandra.schueftan@uach.cl
Associate Professor at the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism and Director of the Graduate School at the Faculty of Architecture and Arts at the Austral University of Chile.
She holds a degree in Architecture from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, a Master’s, and a Ph.D. in Forest Sciences from the Austral University of Chile.
RESEARCH AREAS
Her research has focused on the study of energy transition processes in the residential sector, incorporating the dimensions, drivers, and impacts of energy poverty at various scales and the implications for public policies.
LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Encinas, F., Freed, C., Aguirre-Núñez, C., Schueftan, A., Vergara‐Perucich, F., & Orellana, S. C. (2023). El individualismo como política pública: la vivienda incremental amenazada por la pobreza energética. Revista INVI, 38(109), 17-70. https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2023.70681
Schueftan, A., Larrucea, E., & Zumaeta, C. (2023). Modelación energética en barrios de Valdivia: Aplicación de la Calificación Energética de Viviendas para el análisis de tipologías y su potencial de mejora. Revista de Urbanismo, 49, 192-217. https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2023.70633
Álamos, N., Huneeus, N., Opazo, M., Osses, M., Puja, S., Pantoja, N., Van Der Gon, H. D., Schueftan, A., Reyes, R., & Calvo, R. (2022). High-resolution inventory of atmospheric emissions from transport, industrial, energy, mining and residential activities in Chile. Earth System Science Data, 14(1), 361-379. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-361-2022
Schueftan, A., Aravena, C., & Reyes, R. (2021). Financing energy efficiency retrofits in Chilean households: The role of financial instruments, savings and uncertainty in energy transition. Resource And Energy Economics, 66, 101265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2021.101265
Ruiz-Tagle, J. C., & Schueftan, A. (2021). Nudging for Cleaner Air: Experimental Evidence from an RCT on Wood Stove Usage. Environmental & Resource Economics, 79(4), 713-743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00582-w
Encinas, F., Soto-Liebe, K., Aguirre-Núñez, C., González, B., Bustamante, W., Schueftan, A., Ugalde, J. J. Z., Blondel, C. J., Truffello, R., Araya, P., & Freed, C. (2021). COVID-19 y ciudad: hacia un modelo integrado de vivienda, microbiología, ambiente y urbanismo. Architecture, City And Environment, 16(46). https://doi.org/10.5821/ace.16.46.9645
Reyes, R., Schueftan, A., Ruiz, C., & González, A. D. (2019). Controlling air pollution in a context of high energy poverty levels in southern Chile: Clean air but colder houses? Energy Policy, 124, 301-311.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.10.022
Schueftan, A., Sommerhoff, J., & González, A. D. (2016). Firewood demand and energy policy in south-central Chile. Energy Sustainable Development/Energy For Sustainable Development, 33, 26-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2016.04.004
Schueftan, A., & González, A. D. (2015). Proposals to enhance thermal efficiency programs and air pollution control in south-central Chile. Energy Policy, 79, 48-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.01.008
Schueftan, A., & González, A. D. (2013). Reduction of firewood consumption by households in south-central Chile associated with energy efficiency programs. Energy Policy, 63, 823-832. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.08.097
