Professor at the School of Architecture of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the director of the Centre for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS).
He is a civil mechanical engineer from Universidad de Chile and holds a master’s degree in Urban Development from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He received his PhD in Applied Sciences from Université Catholique de Louvain.
RESEARCH AREAS
His research focuses on architectural design strategies for thermal and visual comfort for building occupants, incorporating energy efficiency criteria. He has worked on developing and evaluating strategies to achieve net-zero energy buildings in hypothetical housing across different climates in the country, as well as defining construction and ventilation systems for the rehabilitation of existing social housing buildings.
LATEST 10 PUBLICATIONS
Simon, F., Gironás, J., Rivera, J. I., Vega, A., Arce, G., Molinos‐Senante, M., Jorquera, H., Flamant, G., Bustamante, W., Greene, M., Vargas, I. T., Suárez, F., Pastén, P., & Cortés, S. (2023). Toward sustainability and resilience in Chilean cities: Lessons and recommendations for air, water, and soil issues. Heliyon, 9(7), e18191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18191
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
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
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
Flamant, G., Bustamante, W., Schmitt, C., Bunster, V., & Osorio, C. (2022). Thermal and environmental evaluation of mid-rise social housing retrofit under different climate conditions. Journal Of Building Engineering, 46, 103724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103724
Viecco, M., Jorquera, H., Sharma, A., Bustamante, W., Fernando, H. J. S., & Vera, S. (2021). Green roofs and green walls layouts for improved urban air quality by mitigating particulate matter. Building And Environment, 204, 108120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108120
Dietz, A., Vera, S., Bustamante, W., & Flamant, G. (2020). Multi-objective optimization to balance thermal comfort and energy use in a mining camp located in the Andes Mountains at high altitude. Energy, 199, 117121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117121
Uribe, D., Vera, S., Bustamante, W., McNeil, A., & Flamant, G. (2019). Impact of different control strategies of perforated curved louvers on the visual comfort and energy consumption of office buildings in different climates. Solar Energy, 190, 495-510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.07.027
Bunster, V., & Bustamante, W. (2019). Structuring a Residential Satisfaction Model for Predictive Personalization in Mass Social Housing. Sustainability, 11(14), 3943. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143943
Vera, S., Pinto, C., Tabares-Velasco, P. C., & Bustamante, W. (2018). A critical review of heat and mass transfer in vegetative roof models used in building energy and urban environment simulation tools. Applied Energy, 232, 752-764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.079
