TEAM EQUIPO

Maria Isabel Rivera Barraza, Ph.D.

Maria Isabel Rivera is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Geography, from the Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

She is a researcher at the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CEDEUS). Rivera’s research focuses on indoor environmental quality in school buildings.

She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon, USA in 2019, and earned ARCC King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural & Environmental Research.

Her dissertation investigated thermal comfort and indoor air quality conditions in naturally ventilated primary schools in Southern Chile.

She has co-authored journal papers in Energy and Buildings and presented her research at ARCC and PLEA International conferences.

Maria Isabel Rivera has a Master in Architecture from University of Washington in 2009 and BArch from Universidad de Concepción in 2006. Rivera is a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC), from Passive House Institute U.S.

Andrea Martínez Arias, Ph.D.

 Andrea Martínez Arias, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at the Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Geografía, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.

Her research centers on existing building retrofit and its potential for transformation to high performance. Within this area, her focus is the study of strategies to reduce energy consumption while improving living conditions for occupants.

She is currently exploring monitoring environmental conditions on existing buildings. Martínez obtained her doctoral and Master of Building Science degree(University of Southern California)thanks to a Fulbright-Conicyt scholarship and awarded an Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) Medal.

She received her professional architectural degree at Universidad de Chile, with the awards Mario Recordón, Mejor Proyecto de título, and Facultad de Arquitectura.

Her experience in academia is complemented by her background in practice in Chile and the US.

Martínez is WELL and LEED AP BD+C and O+M. In addition, she is a certified professional from the Ministry of Housing in Chile.

COLLABORATOR COLABORADORES

NATIONAL

Javier Freire
Facultad Cs. Biológicas
Universidad de Concepción

Jorge Espinoza
Facultad Cs. Biológicas
Universidad de Concepción

Patricia Huerta
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Concepción

Tamara Ugarte
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Concepción

Luis Merino
Facultad de Ingeniería
Universidad de Concepción

Jose Barea
Facultad de Cs. Físicas y Mat.
Universidad de Concepción

Rafael Moya
Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Geografia
Universidad de Concepción

 

INTERNATIONAL

Net ZED laboratory,
https://netzedlab.uoregon.edu/
University of Oregon

Energy Studies in Building Laboratory,
University of Oregon

Human – Building Integration Lab,
University of Southern California

Integrated Design Lab (Bozeman),
https://www.montana.edu/idl/
Montana State University

Center for Building Energy Research (CBER),
https://www.cber.iastate.edu/

Alumni

Stephanie Belmar

Constanza Riffo

Pablo Arriagada

Constanza Cisterna

Natalia Candia

Aníbal Salgado

Ignacio Felis

Pamela Cifuentes

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Universidad de Concepción

Constanza Acevedo

Benjamín Escalona

Gonzalo Bizama

Isaac Soto

Valentina González

Francisca Lillo

Belén Acevedo

Matias Carrasco

Antonia Galdames

Nicolás Sepúlveda

Tomas Chamorro

Pia Mellado

Angela Carrasco

International

Janelle Peña
Northern Arizona University

Riley Frisell
Northern Arizona University