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Residential buildings energy performance optimisation - façade openings and shading devices [PDF]
, 2023 This paper presents a methodological approach to optimization of facade openings and shading devices on residential buildings in the city of Belgrade, Serbia, from the aspect of building’s energy performance.
Miletić, Nikola
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Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2014 Passive design responds to local climate and site conditions in order to maximise the comfort and health of building users while minimising energy use. The key to designing a passive building is to take best advantage of the local climate.
Hanan M. Taleb
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ASSESSING THE COOLING EFFECT OF URBAN TEXTILE SHADING DEVICES THROUGH TIME-LAPSE THERMOGRAPHY
, 2020 The overheating of the street surfaces has negative impacts on pedestrian comfort and cooling energy consumption. During the past few decades, extensive research has been carried out on heat mitigation technologies. However, there is limited knowledge on
E. García-Nevado, B. Beckers, H. Coch
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Algae and building façade revisited. A study of façade system for infill design
Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2017 Buildings account for around 30 percent of the world’s total energy consumption and a similar percentage of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions the main cause of climate change.
Widjaja Martokusumo +4 more
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Low-cost Sun Control Designs using Shading Devices and Mobile Gardens
, 2023 Climate change and global warming are real issues that are adversely impacting lower-income households in India. Extreme heat and rising temperatures are causing severe discomfort and health issues to people living in low-cost homes. Street vendors set up their roadside shops with makeshift plastic sheet tent covers and face the brunt of extreme summer
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The covering technology for the building as a design parameter for interior space
Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2019 The development of architectural thought has resulted in the spread of designs for buildings with glass facades where the technical and aesthetic aspects are available, while it has lost the most important and essential aspect which is to provide the ...
Zakaria Saeed
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3D Printing Innovations in Polymeric Porous and Patterned Architecture
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Polymeric foams occupy a unique structural space between dense solids and open networks, where engineered void fraction governs mechanical compliance, thermal resistance, and mass transport. Additive manufacturing now enables precise spatial control over cellular architecture, unlocking designer foam structures across applications spanning crash ...
Dhanush Patil +13 more
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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringIn order to improve the shading performance and power generation effect of Photovoltaic shading integrated devices (PVSDs) on the west facade of buildings in China, a multi-objective optimization design method is proposed in this paper.
Xiao Liang, Hua Zhang, Boxin Sun
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Kinetic shading devices for building in tropical climate
, 2022 In tropical climate districts, day lighting is plenteous but isn't completely utilized in building plan due to the undesirable sun oriented warm pick up. Shading system are significant in building plan especially for buildings within the tropical region.
Zainabdin, Mohd Izzat
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Ultrasmall High‐Entropy Materials: Nanoscale Effects, Synthesis, and Mechanistic Insights
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This review article focuses on sub‐10 nm high‐entropy materials that combine nanoscale design with complex compositions for next‐generation applications. ABSTRACT Ultrasmall high‐entropy nanomaterials (USHENMs, <10 nm) merge multicomponent chemistry with size‐dependent effects, forming a distinct class of materials with unprecedented properties.
Yueyue He +5 more
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