A conceptual design of circular adaptive façade module for reuse [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Climate change has an impact on the ecosystem, and subsequently, it affects the built environment. Building envelope has a vital role in controlling the integration between indoor and outdoor environmental quality.
Dalia Niazy +4 more
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A Redesign Procedure to Manufacture Adaptive Façades with Standard Products
Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2018 Although their potential for high environmental performance is largely accepted, adaptive façades have not yet become widespread in practice. Most of the current examples are developed by engineer-to-order design processes, as project-oriented, custom ...
Bahar Başarır, Cem Mehmet Altun
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Climate-Adaptive Façades with an Air Chamber
Buildings, 2022 The development of energy-efficient technologies at all stages of a building’s life cycle is essential to achieving sustainable development goals. The object of the study is climate-adaptive façade structures with air gaps in the form of a Trombe wall ...
Irina Leonidovna Vasileva +4 more
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Towards a Human Centred Approach for Adaptive Façades
Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2022 Adaptive façades are multifunctional systems that are able to change their functions, features, or behaviour over time in response to changing boundary conditions or performance requirements. As one of the significant developments in the façade industry
Mine Koyaz +3 more
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Dynamic Thermal Adaptive Façades: A Comparative Review of Existing Taxonomies [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe development of adaptive façades with dynamic thermal behaviour represents a promising pathway to enhance building energy performance, particularly in Mediterranean climates.
Teixeira Joaquim +3 more
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Image dataset: Year-long hourly façade photos of a university building [PDF]
Data in BriefThis dataset presents 9596 photos of the East and West façades of a university building in Barcelona (Spain). Images were taken every hour for one year with two identical GoPro Hero 10 cameras.
Marc Roca-Musach +2 more
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Towards New Metrics for the Characterisation of the Dynamic Performance of Adaptive Façade Systems
Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2018 Traditional façade characterisation metrics such as U-value and g-value are of limited value in the design process of buildings with adaptive façades.
Lorenza Bianco +9 more
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Mimosa Kinetic Façade: Bio-Inspired Ventilation Leveraging the Mimosa Pudica Mechanism for Enhanced Indoor Air Quality [PDF]
Biomimetics, 2023 In light of pressing global health concerns, the significance of indoor air quality in densely populated structures has been emphasized. This research introduces the Mimosa kinetic façade, an innovative design inspired by the adaptive responsiveness of ...
Sukhum Sankaewthong +4 more
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Weather-responsive adaptive shading through biobased and bioinspired hygromorphic 4D-printing [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsIn response to the global challenge of reducing carbon emissions and energy consumption from regulating indoor climates, we investigate the applicability of biobased cellulosic materials and bioinspired 4D-printing for weather-responsive adaptive shading
Tiffany Cheng +9 more
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Comparison of Thermal Energy Saving Potential and Overheating Risk of Four Adaptive Façade Technologies in Office Buildings [PDF]
, 2022 Adaptive façades are gaining greater importance in highly efficient buildings under a warming climate. There is an increasing demand for adaptive façades designed to regulate solar and thermal gains/losses, as well as avoid discomfort and glare issues ...
Yang, S +4 more
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