Hector Enrique Hernandez
email hehernan@uc.cl
Research Lines:
Circular Economy in Construction Industrialized Construction Energy Efficiency in Buildings Life Cycle Assessment SustanabilityKeywords from publications:
Energy Poverty Social Housing Energy Consumption Thermal Comfort Carbon Emissions Housing RetrofittingProfile
Héctor Hernández López is an Assistant Professor at the School of Civil Construction, Faculty of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He combines 18 years of professional and academic experience in construction, sustainability, and resource-efficient building systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Technological Innovation in Building from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, a Master’s degree in Construction from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and graduate training in business and management. His research focuses on resource-efficient housing, with particular interest in methods, approaches, and technologies that enable more efficient resource use across the building life cycle. His work examines how buildings can be designed, delivered, operated, refurbished, and deconstructed to enable the reuse of components and materials, while generating and retaining value across the building life cycle and contributing to more sustainable urban metabolism. His areas of research interest include circular and industrialized construction, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), material efficiency, deconstruction, urban mining, housing sustainability, and value generation and retention in construction projects. He is currently the Principal Investigator of a Fondecyt Initiation project addressing barriers to the adoption of Circular Industrialized Construction (CIC) through Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Disassembly (DfMAD) strategies. He is also a Co-Investigator in a SUSESO-funded project that measures and analyzes fatigue among construction workers, with the aim of improving alertness, safety, and productivity through technology-enabled interventions. Héctor has published in international journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Buildings, Sustainability, Energy for Sustainable Development, and Ain Shams Engineering Journal. His academic work integrates research, teaching, and industry collaboration, contributing to
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Keywords from publications
| Title | Year | Doi |
|---|---|---|
| Assessing material flow and housing stock using representative archetypes and sustainability indicators | 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146782 |
| Examining building deconstruction: Introducing a holistic index to evaluate the ease of disassembly | 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108215 |
| Assessing Prefabricated Foundation Systems for Circular Industrialized Construction Through Manufacturing, Assembly, and Disassembly Principles | 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings16010074 |
| Analyzing the relationship between the level of BIM maturity and the value generated in construction projects in Colombia | 2025 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2025.103351 |
| Analyzing energy poverty and carbon emissions in a social housing complex due to changes in thermal standards | 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2023.101347 |
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