Estimating Functional and Physical Service Life of Timber Buildings Concerning Thermal Performance Simulations

Currently, the cities in southern region of Chile present extremely high levels atmospheric pollution. One main reasons for that is adoption inadequate thermal envelopes, which are not adapted to buildings’ climatic and environmental surrounding conditions. Usually, existing buildings do have any type insulation, causes excessive heating spaces, a where source heat firewood. Thus, there need intervene, improving energy performance timber buildings, but will it be possible make technically informed decisions consider service life? In this study, 72 Valdivia Niebla (South Chile) been analysed based on in-situ visual inspections. Concerning novelty two methodologies used define end their physical functional life, establishing hierarchical scale concerning priority intervention buildings. After that, three different insulation scenarios modelled terms evaluating current conditions, basic rehabilitation, or deep rehabilitation. A more effective profound leads better habitability conditions occupants context South Chile, increasing comfort between 36% 46% year, when compared with This kind innovative analyses significant implementation preventive maintenance programs focused only restoration life building stocks, also considering order improve occupants, reducing both pollutants firewood consumption country.