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Climate Based Façade Design for Business Buildings with Examples from Central London [PDF]

open access: yesBuildings, 2015
There is a disconnection between commercial architecture and environmental thinking, where green features can be included as part of a strategy for gaining approvals and marketing projects, but those features are not reviewed after completion and ...
John Napier
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Multi-active façade for Swedish multi-family homes renovation: Evaluating the potentials of passive design measures

open access: yesJournal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2021
In order to meet the Swedish energy efficiency objectives for the built environment until 2050, a particular building stock has to be addressed: the houses of the Million Homes Programme, an ambitious housing programme of the 1960s and 70s that resulted ...
Susanne Gosztonyi   +3 more
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Editorial

open access: yesJournal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2023
The first issue of volume 11 of JFDE elaborates on several topics related to façade design and engineering, focusing on façade systems, their construction, properties, and performance.
Thaleia Konstantinou, Ulrich Knaack
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Energy performance of a hybrid DSF-inspired solar heating façade for office buildings [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Double-skin façade (DSF) is a passive design strategy that enhances building energy performance and improves indoor thermal comfort. In addition, DSF has been proposed as a hybrid façade that uses a cavity to preheat fresh air supplied to an air-handling
Bang Suyeon, Yoon Nari, Heo Yeonsook
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Design of Solar Modules for Building Façades at Educational Facilities in Korea

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Photovoltaic (PV) panels are the most widely used technology for renewable energy production; however, in urban areas, their installation locations are primarily limited to building rooftops.
Sung Duk Yoon   +2 more
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A Novel Framework for Optimizing Indoor Illuminance and Discovering Association of Involved Variables

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
The associations between various design variables affecting the visual performance of responsive facade systems are investigated in this study. First, we propose a data-driven approach to study practical aspects of illuminance optimization for responsive
Negar Heidari Matin   +3 more
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Method for Constructing a Façade Dataset through Deep Learning-Based Automatic Image Labeling

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
The construction industry has made great strides in recent decades by utilizing computer programs, including computer aided design programs. However, compared to the manufacturing sector, labor productivity is low because of the high proportion of ...
Hyeongmo Gu, Seungyeon Choo
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Thermal 3D CFD Simulation with Active Transparent Façade in Buildings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In recent years active façades have acquired greater importance given their capacity to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. One such type is the so-called Active Transparent Façade (ATF). A 3D numerical model based on computational fluid dynamics
Fernández Nieto, Enrique Domingo   +4 more
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The Evolution of the Architectural Façade since 1950: A Contemporary Categorization

open access: yesArchitecture, 2022
The architectural façade has been a site of intensive experimentation and innovation throughout the 20th century, something that continues to this day, resulting in a vast range of architectural imagery, often incohesive in the post-modern reality.
Carmela Cucuzzella   +2 more
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Facade Photometry: Linking Annual Daylight Performance to Facade Design

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
This concept paper illustrates a new simulation method to assess how building facades distribute light into interior spaces and how data from simulation studies can inform design for better facade performance.
Azadeh Omidfar Sawyer   +3 more
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