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Mitigation strategies of the urban heat island intensity in Mediterranean climates: simulation studies in Rome (Italy) and Valparaiso (Chile) [PDF]
, 2019 The Urbanocene, a proposed new geological epoch characterized by the urban living condition, is pressing the humanity to respond shortly to important challenges. Cities are at the same time the places where we live in and the big dissipators of the final
Carrasco, Claudio +4 more
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Decision Support for Defining Adaptive Façade Design Goals in the Early Design Phase
Energies, 2023 Compared to conventional façades, adaptive façades (AFs) can adjust their properties in response to environmental changes and user requirements. Often performed through the integration of actuators, sensors, and control units, this provides benefits such
Michael P. Voigt +2 more
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Achieving operational synergy between different adaptive façade technologies
Results in EngineeringAdaptive building facades provide variable shading, thermal insulation, and ventilation. These can be combined in a specific configuration for specific ambient and internal condition to minimise energy used to meet the comfort and well-being of building ...
H. Alkhatib +4 more
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Energies, 2022 Adaptive façades represent a viable and effective technological solution to reduce the building energy demand for cooling while achieving interesting aesthetic effects on the building envelope to screen solar radiation.
Jacopo Gaspari, Kristian Fabbri
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Flexible Transparency - a Study on Adaptive Thin Glass Façade Panels
Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, 2018 Chemically strengthened thin glass (t < 2 mm) is a material that is stronger and due to its small thickness, more flexible than conventional window glass.
Rafael Ribeiro Silveira +2 more
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A technical framework to describe occupant behavior for building energy simulations [PDF]
, 2020 Green buildings that fail to meet expected design performance criteria indicate that technology alone does not guarantee high performance. Human influences are quite often simplified and ignored in the design, construction, and operation of buildings ...
Hong, Tianzhen, Turner, William JN
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Superposition matrix for the assessment of performance-relevant adaptive façade functions
Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2019 The environmental boundary conditions and the demand for comfort change constantly during the use of a building. By dynamically balancing changing conditions and requirements, adaptive façades contribute to the energy efficiency of buildings. The façade
Jens Boeke +2 more
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Dynamic urban projection mapping [PDF]
, 2017 “Dynamic projection mapping” is a variation of the best-known “projection mapping”. It considers the perceptual analysis of the urban landscape in which the video projection and the observer’s displacement speed are hypothesized.
Empler, Tommaso
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Adaptive Comfort Models Applied to Existing Dwellings in Mediterranean Climate Considering Global Warming [PDF]
, 2018 Comfort analysis of existing naturally ventilated buildings located in mild climates, such as the ones in the Mediterranean zones, offer room for a reduction in the present and future energy consumption.
Canivell, Jacinto +4 more
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Energies, 2023 Dynamic thermal insulation systems (DTISs) can adapt to external environment conditions and help to reduce energy consumption and increase occupants’ thermal comfort, contributing towards the mitigation of overheating. DTISs adjust their configuration to
Ricardo M. S. F. Almeida +2 more
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