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Pamela Cabrera advises on installation now exhibited at Venice Biennale

The 17th Venice Architecture Biennale opened last month after one year delay due to COVID-19. We are happy to see the installation of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union, titled ‘Microcosms & Schisms’ (photo: Taryn Kosviner). This physical and digital installation is a collection of four research areas that address the Biennale’s theme “How will we live together?" in the context of New York City.

Pamela joined in 2020 as one of two consultants to the microclimates team led by Lydia Kallipoliti. The team explored the range of interior engineered climates of New York City in terms of comfort, pollution, and population density among other metrics. This research acquired another level of relevancy once the pandemic forced all New Yorkers to stay indoors.

September 17 – 24: Climate Week in NYC - With Pamela Cabrera

Pamela, an alumni and assistant adjunct Professor at Cooper Union, and three more Cooper alumni discuss their careers in CLIMATE and how they are impacting the climate crisis.

Join the panel on Wednesday, September 20, from 6-8 PM, located in the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, at 41 Cooper Square (on Third Avenue between 6th and 7th Streets).

Ana Diaz Assessing the Application of Vacuum-Based Membrane Dehumidification for Tropical Climates.

The tropics are often characterized by high temperatures and elevated humidity ratios that contribute to heat stress. Implementing certain passive design strategies for cooling, such as natural ventilation, can help reduce thermal discomfort, but during summer conditions relying on passive strategies alone for cooling is not enough and has its limitations. Incorporating membranes in mechanical systems reduce latent loads for cooling and eliminate the need to reheat the supply air. As a building element, vacuum-based membranes could be applied as a low-energy cooling strategy to condition and increase the potential of natural ventilation in hot and humid climates. This study analyses the implementation of vacuum-based membranes for dehumidification. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the Vacuum-based membrane dehumidification system against a Dedicated Outside Air System (DOAS) in terms of energy consumption and performance in improving thermal comfort inside an office space for hot and humid climates. KEYWORDS: vacuum-based membrane, dehumidification, hot and humid climates, tropics, low energy dehumidification, absolute humidity.

Pamela is currently a climate engineer at Transsolar.

Her research centers on building science and new material assemblies for passive climate control systems.

You can read more about Pamela’s Research Work

„Uncovering Future Mold Risks in Existing Residential Walls with Climate Change" via our Website-News

https://transsolar.com/news/pamela-cabrera-moisture-and-mold-risks