“XALOC. Bioclimatic, fair and inclusive adaptation for housing” is the winning proposal of the Climate Generation COP28 call launched by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. The university team that developed the project will be part of the Spanish delegation at the next Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) from November 30 to December 7, 2023.
The team comprises Batiste Vidal Vidal, an Industrial Engineering Master’s student; Eva Tortajada Montalvá, a doctoral student in Architecture, Building, Urban Planning, and Landscape; José Antonio Gil Alhama, an Energy Engineering Degree student; and Nuria Ochogavia Quetglas, a Master’s student in Industrial Constructions and Installations. Professor Tomás Gómez Navarro, director of the Energy Engineering Research Institute of the Universitat Politècnica de València, is the tutor of the project.
Xaloc is a passive air conditioning system that conditions the interior air thanks to its thermal inertia and solar radiation. The adaptability of the construction system allows its placement on facades and roofs for energy housing rehabilitation.
The Xaloc’s social objective consists of the search for a system that can be adapted to the homes most affected by climate change. In addition, its constructive simplicity and low cost make this device an optimal solution for self-construction, thus contributing to a fair and inclusive ecological transition.