Waldo Bustamante

CEDEUS Director

 

Principal Researcher
CLIMATE-RESILIENT CITIES

 

wbustamante@uc.cl

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 the thermal and visual comfort of occupants of energy-efficient buildings. Recently, he has been working on the evaluation of these strategies to achieve net zero buildings in different climates of the country and to retrofit existing social housing buildings.

 

LAST 10 PUBLICATIONS 

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, Vol. 161. 112707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112707.

 

Garcia, M., Vera, S., Roault, 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 (2022) 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 Engineeringhttps://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, Vol. 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. Volume 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, Volume 190, Pages 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://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/14/3943

 

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, Volume 232, Pages 752-764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.09.079.

 

Uribe, D., Bustamante, W., Vera, S. (2018). Potential of perforated exterior louvers to improve the comfort and energy performance of an office space in different climates. Building Simulation. DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s12273-018-0435-y.