Valdivia inhabitants trained in structural techniques to improve housing insulation
A series of four workshops was hosted by Instituto Forestal for inhabitants of Altos de Mahuiza and Brisas de Guacamayo neighborhoods, in Valdivia. The objective was providing training in low-cost structural techniques to improve thermal insulation of houses. Click the link below to read the full article:https://www.noticiaslosrios.cl/2021/02/03/capacitan-a-vecinos-de-valdivia-en-tecnicas-constructivas-para-mejorar-aislacion-de-viviendas/
Webinar: Passivhaus and districts to decontaminate cities
The free seminar “Passivhaus y distritales para descontaminar ciudades” (Passivhaus and District to decontaminate cities) will take place on March 19, from 9 am to 10 am. It is organized by Passivhaus Austral, an organization that seek to diffuse, promote, and encourage the implementation of the Passivhaus standard in Chile and Latin America.
Firewood consumption was estimated at 2.7 million solid cubic meters per year, according to a study conducted by INFOR in La Araucanía Region. This reflects an emerging disconnection between firewood consumption and population growth
Regional firewood consumption increases more slowly than the number of houses. This can be explained by the gradual replacement of firewood by pellets and other fuels and a lower firewood consumption per house. This results from greater efficiency of heaters and changes in demographics and uses of houses.
Bill intends to regulate the use of firewood as fuel and establish the conditions for its commercialization
On March 24, Dr. René Reyes, researcher at Instituto Forestal, delivered a speech to the Mining and Energy Commission of the Chilean Chamber of Deputies. In that opportunity, the bill that intends to declare firewood and its derivates as fuels was analyzed.
“Calefacción eficiente”: the series of talks will be held online
The series of talks “Calefacción Eficiente” (Efficient Heating) will take place on April 22 and 23 at 10.30 am, featuring nine expert speakers on energy efficiency.
FOSIS pilot program implemented by INFOR to improve the thermal insulation of houses in Altos de Mahuiza and Brisas de Guacamayo is moving forward
Marcela Mitre, director of FOSIS Los Ríos, Ann Hunter, Regional Secretary of the Social Development and Family Ministry in Los Ríos Region, and Alejandra Schueftan, manager of INFOR Los Ríos.
INFOR presents an energy efficiency project to reduce air pollution
In order to support and collaborate with the development of projects and research on energy efficiency in La Araucanía Region, Dr. Alejandra Schueftan —manager of Instituto Forestal (INFOR) Los Ríos, an institution attached to the Ministry of Agriculture— submitted in Temuco the project “Sistema de apoyo a la inversion en eficiencia energética para el sector […]
INFOR project promotes investment in energy efficiency to reduce air pullution in Valdivia
The cities of the central-southern Chile have serious deficiencies in housing insulation, causing an excessive use of firewood for heating —which raises the levels of environmental pollution. This poor insulation also brings problems such as poor indoor comfort conditions, with low indoor temperatures and high heating costs for houses. Although it has been recognized that […]