https://hdl.handle.net/10481/2750 2026-04-20T07:41:07Z https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112826 Modular and Industrialized Timber Housing in Europe: A Review of the Potentials of Local Poplar Wood Through the VICHO Project Framework Vergar Muñoz, Jaime; Martín Martín, Adelaida; Fernández Casas, Ignacio de Teresa; Martínez Ramos e Iruela, Roser; Martínez Monedero, Miguel Housing industrialization and modularization have gained traction as responses to two pressing challenges in the construction sector: the chronic shortage of affordable housing and the substantial environmental footprint of conventional building methods. Yet prevailing modular housing models in Europe remain constrained by dependence on global supply chains, production concentrated in large industrial operators, and insufficient adaptation to local material and territorial conditions. This article presents a state-of-the-art review of modular timber housing in Europe, examining technological typologies, market structures, and national regulatory frameworks. The methodology integrates a systematic literature and market review, a comparative country analysis, and an embedded case study. Findings indicate that the viability of modular timber housing depends not only on material performance but on its embeddedness in coherent industrial systems, business strategies, and regulatory contexts. Against this backdrop, the VICHO project is introduced as a case study exploring an open, proximity-based industrialization model that valorizes local poplar timber in southern Europe, in alignment with circular bioeconomy principles and the New European Bauhaus. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112825 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Video-Based Hybrid Learning in Architecture and Engineering: A Mixed-Methods Approach Bienvenido Huertas, José David; De la Hoz Torres, María Luisa; Aguilar, Antonio J.; Pérez Fargallo, Alexis The use of hybrid classes, where face-to-face classroom and asynchronous activities are combined in an online environment, helps save time and provides students with resources to study and review the materials. Although numerous empirical studies have analyzed the effectiveness of this teaching approach in university degrees in different areas of knowledge, conclusive results regarding academic performance and technical skill acquisition have not yet been provided in architecture and building engineering degrees. These disciplines require specific investigation due to their high visual and practical complexity. In this context, this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a video-based hybrid model to improve student performance. Using a mixed-methods design, hybrid teaching was implemented in the construction and installation subject (N = 119) during the 2022/2023 academic year. The results obtained were then analyzed with a holistic approach, including students’ performance, behavior, feelings, and opinions. The results have shown how using the hybrid classroom led to an improvement in student performance rate compared to the previous academic year with traditional teaching methodologies. These findings suggest that hybrid models are a viable solution to reduce high failure rates in technical degrees. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112710 INV-INC300-2025: Informe del proyecto Caracterización de la feminización de la pobreza energética del entorno construido del Área Metropolitana de Granada Bienvenido Huertas, José David; Pinos Navarrete, Aida; Pérez Fargallo, Alexis; Aguilar Aguilera, Antonio Jesús; Serrano Jiménez, Antonio José; Nestares Nieto, Beatriz; Sánchez García, Daniel; Romero Recuero, Irene; Berti, Krizia; De la Hoz Torres, María Luisa; Clavijo Núñez, Susana Informe desarrollado a través del proyecto "Caracterización de la feminización de la pobreza energética del entorno construido del Área Metropolitana de Granada" (INV-INC300-2025) financiado a través del programa de "Ayudas de apoyo y fomento a la investigación en materia de Igualdad, Inclusión y Compromiso Social”, del Plan Propio de Investigación y Transferencia de la Universidad de Granada 2025. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112635 INV-INC300-2025: Conjunto de datos del Área Metropolitana de Granada por secciones censales Bienvenido Huertas, José David; Pinos Navarrete, Aida; Pérez Fargallo, Alexis; Aguilar Aguilera, Antonio Jesús; Serrano Jiménez, Antonio José; Nestares Nieto, Beatriz; Sánchez García, Daniel; Romero Recuero, Irene; Berti, Krizia; De la Hoz Torres, María Luisa; Clavijo Núñez, Susana Conjunto de datos desarrollado a través del proyecto "Caracterización de la feminización de la pobreza energética del entorno construido del Área Metropolitana de Granada" (INV-INC300-2025) financiado a través del programa de "Ayudas de apoyo y fomento a la investigación en materia de Igualdad, Inclusión y Compromiso Social”, del Plan Propio de Investigación y Transferencia de la Universidad de Granada 2025. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/112529 Defining socio-climate-energy zones based on photovoltaic potential to support new standards for eliminating energy poverty in Chile Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis; Clavijo Núñez, Susana; Rubio-Bellido, Carlos; Bienvenido Huertas, José David; Serrano-Jiménez, Antonio Countries are facing contexts of high climatic and socio-spatial heterogeneity, where integrated territorial diagnostics to address energy poverty are essential. This research aims to evaluate the extent to which the current thermal zoning in Chile can discriminate among variables related to residential electricity consumption, photovoltaic generation potential, and poverty at the communal scale. Therefore, a replicable methodology has been designed and tested to build a socio-climate-energy zoning. 343 communes have been analyzed, combining information on residential electricity consumption, annual photovoltaic generation potential, and the number of people in poverty to examine their behavior according to the current thermal zoning. The contrast between zones is evaluated by descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and difference tests. The results show that current thermal zoning, by itself, discriminates among the socio-energy variables considered to a limited extent, including variables such as annual electricity consumption. Subsequently, the generation/consumption relationship is stratified into three ranges, and poverty is stratified into quartiles, creating 12 categories. This new classification allows building socio-climate-energy zoning as an alternative to the current thermal zoning, enabling the identification of vulnerable areas, the planning of photovoltaic energy programs, and, in general, the prioritization of interventions that integrate social vulnerability with local electricity generation and consumption. The association between the two dimensions is contrasted using Pearson's Chi-square test, and the results are represented cartographically. Overall, the proposed framework provides an operational tool for territorial energy planning and the design of differentiated policies, with the potential to adapt to other regions of the Global South.