CLIMATE BACKGROUND IN COLOMBIA

Warm humid
Warm dry
Cold
Tempered

Barranquilla >24C H >75%

Cali >24C - H<75%
Bogot 12-18C
Medelln 18-24 C
POPULARITY OF BUILDINGS SYSTEMS IN COLOMBIA
DISTRIBUTION (%) OF BUILDINGS
CONSTRUCTIONS SYSTEMS IN COLOMBIA
UPME
 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SELECTION IN
COLOMBIA
Warm Humid Weather > 24
Cold Weather < 17,5c Tempered Weather < 24c Warm Dry Weather > 24 C
Construction C
Activities
Traditional* Conventional* Traditional* Conventional* Traditional* Conventional* Traditional* Conventional*
Adobe / Bambu Mat Hollow Masonry Hollow Masonry
Masonry Units Masonry Units Bamboo Mat
Mudbrick with Mud Units Units
with Mud
Paetes Wood
Bamboo
Wood and Cementeted
Internal Division
WALLS Bamboo Wood
Adobe / in Light
Stepped wall Cement Based Cement Based Adobe / Walls Internal Division
Mudbrick Materials
Mudbrick in Light
(Plasterboard,
Carbon fiber) Materials
(Plasterboard,
Carbon fiber)
Zinc
Mud
Sheets of Wood Fibro-cement Natural
Wood Structure Wood
ROOF Fiber- cement Structure Roof Fibers Fibro-Cement
Structure Fibro-Cement
Mud Mud Zinc Mud Zinc
Carpet Alfombra Vinil Cement Tiles
FLOOR Wood Wood Wood Madera Tile Cement Tiles Tile
Vinilo, pisos Ceramic
Vinil Ceramic Tiles
cermicos
Aluminium Aluminium Cement figures
Wood
Glass Glass Wood
Cement
WINDOWS Wood Wood Wood
Sheet Figures Cement figures
Steel Angles Steel Angles
Steel mesh Steel mesh
In 2013 were approved 123 project of green buildings in Colombia, where just
31 have the LEED Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design