Aner Martinez-Soto

Research specialisations

• Building Physics
• Urban Energy Systems
• Energy Poverty
• Air pollution
• Sustainable cities

Teaching

• Sustainable Construction
• Fundamentals of Renewable Energy
• Building Physics
• Environmental and Construction Legislation
• Multidisciplinary Integration in Engineering
• Engineering Fundamentals II
• Doctoral Thesis I (Code - DCI015) - Doctoral Thesis II
• Hygrothermal Optimization of Buildings and Empirical Monitoring

Career

• Graduated in Construction Engineering (2003-2007)
• Master's Studies in Building Physics (2011-2014)
• Ph.D. in Urban Energy Systems (2013-2017)
• Lecturer at Universidad de La Frontera (2017-2023)

Research projects

1. Management Service for Instrumentation and Data Analysis of the National Monitoring Network, for the evaluation of indoor and outdoor air quality in homes in Temuco, Valdivia, and Coyhaique. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. 2021. Principal Investigator.
2. Study on the measurement of energy efficiency and habitability in homes benefiting from the thermal retrofitting programs of the Environmental Decontamination Plans (PDA). Study conducted in the City of Temuco. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. 2021. Principal Investigator.
3. Energy balance and sensitivity analysis in Project “LocalHY” Hydrogen Power Storage & Solutions East Germany, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. 2015-2016. Collaborator.
4. Chilean-English research network for the adaptation of parameters that allows the assessment of energy poverty in Chile. Universidad de La Frontera – University College London. Funded by CONICYT, REDI170532 (EXF17-0002). 2018-2023. Principal Investigator.
5. Energy Efficiency Projects in Residential and Non-Residential Buildings. ENVISYS, Germany. 2016-2017.
6. Development of an additive based on Textile Fiber from End-of-Life Tires (FtNFU) for environmentally sustainable asphalt mixtures. 2021-2022. Project funded by ANID. FONDEF FDF20I1016. Co-Investigator.
7. Development and Design of Asphalt Mixtures with Higher Energy Efficiency and Lower Environmental Impact. 2019-2020. Project funded by ANID. FONDEF ID15I20235. Co-Investigator.
8. Development of a Constructive Solution for Thermal Efficiency in Wall Enclosures using Low Environmental Impact Blocks and Insulators. Project funded by CORFO. 2018-2020. Co-Investigator. 10. Development of a new recycled aggregate for higher quality concrete based on CO2 absorption treatments. Project funded by ANID. FONDEF FDF21I1027. Co-Investigator.
9. FONDECYT Initiation Project Vulnerability to energy poverty and its relationship with environmental pollution due to fine particulate matter in the cities of central southern Chile. 2023-2026. FONDECYT Initiation Project funded by ANID. FDT23-0001. Principal Investigator.
10. Chilean-English research network for the adaptation of parameters that allows the assessment of energy poverty in Chile. Universidad de La Frontera – University College London. Funded by CONICYT, REDI170532 (EXF17-0002). 2018-2023. Principal Investigator.
11. Determination of the energy-thermal behavior of homes in Temuco, Chile. Project funded by DIUFRO (DI09-0083). 2009-2011. Co-Investigator.
12. Comprehensive Measurement of Energy Poverty in Temuco Households based on Multi-indicators and a New Energy Calculation Tool. Project funded by DIUFRO (DI19-0095). Principal Investigator.

Publications

In Journals
• Martinez Soto A, Jentsch MF (2016) Comparison of prediction models for determining energy demand in the residential sector of a country, Energy and Buildings, 128 (2016) 38-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.06.063.
• Martinez-Soto A, Jentsch MF (2019) A transferable energy model for determining the future energy demand and its uncertainty. Building Research & Information, Vol. 48, 6, 587–612. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2019.1692188.
• Avendaño-Vera C, Martinez-Soto A*, Marincioni V (2020) Determination of Optimal Thermal Inertia of Building Materials for Housing in Different Chilean Climatic Zones, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 131, 110031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110031.
• Martinez-Soto A, Saldias-Lagos Y, Marincioni V, Nix Emily (2020) Affordable, Energy- Efficient Housing Design for Chile: Achieving Passivhaus Standard with the Chilean State Housing Subsidy, Applied Sciences. 2020, 10, 7390. doi:10.3390/app10217390.
• Martinez-Soto A, Avendaño-Vera C, Boso A, Hofflinger A, Shupler M. (2021) Energy Poverty Influences Urban Outdoor Air Pollution Levels during COVID-19 Lockdown in South-Central Chile, Energy Policy, 158, 12571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112571.
• Martinez-Soto A, Iannantuono M, Macaya-Vitali P, Nix E. (2021) Towards low-carbon housing in Chile: Optimisation and life cycle analysis of energy-efficient solutions, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 28, 101579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101579.
• Martinez-Soto A., Sáez-Lagos M.A., Raslan R. & Mavrogianni A. (2022) Risk identification of residential energy demand: the case studies of Australia, Chile, the United Kingdom and the United States, Advances in Building Energy Research, 16:4, 514-541, DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2021.1997813.
• Boso, À., Martínez, A., Somos, M. et al. No Country for Old Men. Assessing Socio-Spatial Relationships Between Air Quality Perceptions and Exposures in Southern Chile. Appl. Spatial Analysis and Policy 15, 1219–1236 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-022-09446-2.
• Martinez-Soto, A.; Valdés-Vidal, G.; Calabi-Floody, A.; Avendano-Vera, C.; Martinez-Toledo C., Comparison of Environmental Loads of Fibers Used in the Manufacture of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) and Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Mixes Using a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Sustainability 2022, 14(21), 14246; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114246. Primer Autor, Revista WoS. Anexo 36, Publicación resultados FDF20I1016.
• Martinez-Soto A, Calabi-Floody A, Valdes-Vidal G, Hucke A, Martinez-Toledo C. Life Cycle Assessment of Natural Zeolite-Based Warm Mix Asphalt and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement. Sustainability. 2023; 15(2):1003. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15021003. Primer Autor, Revista WoS. Anexo 37, Publicación resultados FDF15I20235.
• Martinez-Soto, A., Jimenez-Gallardo, C., Villarroel-Lopez, A., Reyes-Riveros, A., Höhl, J. Toward Sustainable Indoor Environments: Assessing the Impact of Thermal Insulation Measures on Air Quality in Buildings—A Case Study in Temuco, Chile. Sustainability 2024, 16, 547. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020547.
• Rojas-Herrera C., Martínez-Soto A*., Avendaño-Vera C., Cárdenas-R J., Characterization and utilization of sawdust waste generated from advanced manufacture for its application as a thermal insulation in sustainable buildings using the blowing technique, Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 88, 2024,109217, ISSN 2352-7102, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.109217.
In Conferences
• Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of models for determining energy consumption in the residential sector, Proceedings 14th IBPSA Building Simulation Conference, Hyderabad, India, 7-9 December 2015, 1609-1616.
• Quantifizierung der langfristigen Entwicklung des Nutzungsgrades von Anlagen und Geräten im Wohnungssektor in Deutschland und Bestimmung zukünftiger Energieeinsparpotenziale im Hinblick auf die Klimaschutzziele der Bundesregierung, In:Kornadt O et al. (ed.), Bauphysiktage Kaiserslautern 2015, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 21-22 October 2015. ISBN 978-3-95974-001-2), 137-142.
• Simulación de puentes térmicos basados en soluciones constructivas de acondicionamiento térmico propuestas por el ministerio de vivienda y urbanismo de Chile, IBPSA,Brasil, Septiembre 2018. ISBN 978-956- 398-316-6, 193-198.
• COVID-19 Highlights an Environmental Injustice: Influence of Energy Insecurity on Urban Outdoor Air Pollution during Community Lockdown in South-Central Chile. International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE). 2021. DOI: 10.1289/isee.2021.O-LT-064
• Aner Martinez-Soto, Johannes Fürle and Alexander Zipf published the paper "Urban Heat Island Intensity Prediction in the Context of Heat Waves: An Evaluation of Model Performance". It was presented at the 9th International Conference on Time Series and Forecasting in Gran Canaria, Spain, on 12th – 14th July 2023.