Promoting Sustainable and Resilient Constructive Patterns in Vulnerable Communities: Habitat for Humanity’s Sustainable Housing Prototypes in El Salvador

The global challenges regarding sustainability and the guarantee of minimum habitability requirements have led to the transformation of construction practices, where research has failed to achieve sufficient dissemination and findings. The purpose of this research is to promote sustainable and resil...

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Published in:Sustainability 2023-01, Vol.15 (1), p.352
Main Authors: Jiménez-Expósito, Rosa Ana, Serrano-Jiménez, Antonio, Fernández-Ans, Pablo, Stasi, Gianluca, Díaz-López, Carmen, Barrios-Padura, Ángela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Built environment
Construction
Construction industry
Cooperation
Decision making
Design and construction
Developing countries
Environmental aspects
Environmental awareness
Environmental education
GDP
Green buildings
Gross Domestic Product
Habitability
Housing
Housing research
Innovations
LDCs
Literature reviews
Low income housing
Prototypes
Public housing
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable materials
Urban renewal
Workshops
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Summary:The global challenges regarding sustainability and the guarantee of minimum habitability requirements have led to the transformation of construction practices, where research has failed to achieve sufficient dissemination and findings. The purpose of this research is to promote sustainable and resilient patterns in construction in vulnerable neighbourhoods in emerging countries by disseminating techniques and mechanisms through in situ transfer workshops and by raising awareness of the environmental importance of construction. Regarding materials and methods, this paper contributes innovative insights by combining training workshops and awareness-raising sessions to promote both environmental education and sustainable and optimised habits in construction. These methods are applied and tested in a real case study in El Salvador. Subsequent to carrying out a multi-disciplinary assessment analysis, the outcomes and results have led to the design of prototypes that have obtained a global EDGE certificate on sustainable construction and efficient use of resources once the users’ testimonies, weaknesses, and strengths have been addressed. The conclusions indicate that families, volunteers, and technical workers need to be trained by promoting environmental awareness in social housing and establishing a plan for dissemination to communicate across universities and public and private institutions in order to replicate guidelines across American dry-corridor countries.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su15010352