Associate professor and the director of the Department of Construction Engineering and Management at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Productivity and Sustainable Construction; director of IABP and IBPSA-Chile, and head of the Diploma in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation at the same university.
He is a civil engineer and holds a master’s degree in Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and a PhD in Building Engineering from Concordia University (Montreal, Canada).
RESEARCH AREAS
His areas of expertise are sustainable building design, assessment of the impact of complex building envelopment on building and city performance, zero emission buildings and neighbourhoods, industrialised buildings and sustainability, modelling of energy performance and visual/thermal comfort of buildings, and multi-objective optimisation.
LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Wenzel, A., Vera, S., & Guindos, P. (2024). Energy and structural optimization of mid-rise light-frame timber buildings for different climates and seismic zones in Chile. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 82(4), 967–982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-024-02085-z
Romano-Matos, V., Tundidor-Camba, A., Vera, S., Navarrete, I., & Videla, A. (2024). Influences of recycled polyethylene terephthalate microplastic on the hygrothermal and mechanical performance of plasterboard with polymethylhydrosiloxane content. Materials, 17(7), 1652. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071652
Rojas, A. F., Steinfort, Ú., & Vera, S. (2024). A novel stomatal resistance equation for modeling heat and mass transfer of extensive vegetative roofs. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 91, 128176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128176
Tapia, D., González, M., Vera, S., & Aguilar, C. (2023). A Novel Offsite Construction Method for Social Housing in Emerging Economies for Low Cost and Reduced Environmental Impact. Sustainability, 15(24), 16922. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416922
Romano-Matos, V., Tundidor‐Camba, A., Vera, S., & Videla, Á. (2023). Improvement of Plasterboard Properties by the Control of Polymethylhydrosiloxane Dosage, Stirring Time, and Drying Temperature Applied to the Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate and Water Mixture. Materials, 16(14), 5084. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16145084
Wenzel, A., Vera, S., & Guindos, P. (2022). Integration of energy and seismic-structural design variables through the optimization of a multi-story residential light-frame timber building with different seismic lateral connectors and building stories. Journal Of Building Engineering, 57, 104831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.104831
Flamant, G., Bustamante, W., Tzempelikos, A., & Vera, S. (2022). Evaluation of view clarity through solar shading fabrics. Building And Environment, 212, 108750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108750
García, M. C., Vera, S., Rouault, F., Gironás, J., & Bustamante, W. (2022). Cooling potential of greenery systems for a stand-alone retail building under semiarid and humid subtropical climates. Energy And Buildings, 259, 111897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.111897
López-Guerrero, R. E., Vera, S., & Carpio, M. (2022). A quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the sustainability of industrialised building systems: A bibliographic review and analysis of case studies. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 157, 112034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.112034
Tori, F., Bustamante, W., & Vera, S. (2022). Analysis of Net Zero Energy Buildings public policies at the residential building sector: A comparison between Chile and selected countries. Energy Policy, 161, 112707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112707
