During the frost periods in Puno, as in other highlands regions, the most vulnerable population are children and the elderly. They suffer respiratory illnesses and death due to inadequate thermal conditioning in their homes. The objective of the research is to evaluate the thermal behavior of an "improved" housing prototype built in the Santa Rosa district (Puno) at an altitude of 3800 meters. This research propose alternatives for the improvement of thermal conditioning in the manufacture of repetitive modules. For this, it was necessary to characterize the house and continuously monitor the interior and exterior temperatures of two sample houses. The measurement was at an hour interval and during cold days, using DataLogger equipment. The evaluation of these results determined that homes lose heat due to conduction of wall, ceiling, door and window. Also, the heat is lost due to the in...

In the process of designing a building, orientation is one of the criteria used in the approach, which depends on several factors, including solar radiation due to sunlight and climate. During the design process, a pre-design stage and a final design stage are carried out in which it is possible to quantify the results of the energy balance. The objective of the research proposes a method to determine the orientation of a building in tropical climates in order to achieve buildings with energy standards close to zero, with greater energy efficiency. The methodology used is inductive, based on the designer's experience, analyzes questions and induces solutions. It uses the "orthogonal projection of the apparent path of the sun" and the ambient temperature conditions. The result obtained from the investigation offers an application procedure, practical and easy to execute, to be used in the...