A Systematic Review and Classification of Glazing Technologies for Building Façades
High-performance glazing technologies are essential for achieving the occupant comfort and building energy efficiency required in contemporary and future buildings. In real-world applications, glazing façades are selected from a steadily increasing number of glazing technologies. However, the author...
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| author | Michalis Michael Fabio Favoino Qian Jin Alessandra Luna-Navarro Mauro Overend |
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| description | High-performance glazing technologies are essential for achieving the occupant comfort and building energy efficiency required in contemporary and future buildings. In real-world applications, glazing façades are selected from a steadily increasing number of glazing technologies. However, the authors could not identify a systematic and comprehensive review and classification of glazing technologies in the literature. This creates a barrier when comparing typologically different glazing technologies and combining multiple technologies in a glazing unit. This paper provides a systematic review and classification of established and emerging glazing technologies based on publications from 2001–2022 which were interpreted following the PRISMA methodology. This study reveals that the majority of high-performance glazing systems used in practice are in multi-layer glazing configurations and that the glazing system performance can focus on including additional and multiple functionalities, which aim at improving overall building performance. It was also found that there is a large potential for improvement of multilayer, evacuated, aerogels, electrochromic, and solar cell glazing by incorporating other technologies or innovative materials in multi-layer glazing units for either improving existing technologies or for the development of new ones. However, their longevity, robustness, and cost affordability should be ensured. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fa0f0dba6074cdc86bd12610cd737c52023-11-18T19:09:10ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-07-011614535710.3390/en16145357A Systematic Review and Classification of Glazing Technologies for Building FaçadesMichalis Michael0Fabio Favoino1Qian Jin2Alessandra Luna-Navarro3Mauro Overend4Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UKDepartment of Energy, Polytechnic University of Turin, 10129 Torino, ItalyCollege of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, ChinaDepartment of Architectural Engineering & Technology, TU Delft, 2628 CD Delft, The NetherlandsDepartment of Architectural Engineering & Technology, TU Delft, 2628 CD Delft, The NetherlandsHigh-performance glazing technologies are essential for achieving the occupant comfort and building energy efficiency required in contemporary and future buildings. In real-world applications, glazing façades are selected from a steadily increasing number of glazing technologies. However, the authors could not identify a systematic and comprehensive review and classification of glazing technologies in the literature. This creates a barrier when comparing typologically different glazing technologies and combining multiple technologies in a glazing unit. This paper provides a systematic review and classification of established and emerging glazing technologies based on publications from 2001–2022 which were interpreted following the PRISMA methodology. This study reveals that the majority of high-performance glazing systems used in practice are in multi-layer glazing configurations and that the glazing system performance can focus on including additional and multiple functionalities, which aim at improving overall building performance. It was also found that there is a large potential for improvement of multilayer, evacuated, aerogels, electrochromic, and solar cell glazing by incorporating other technologies or innovative materials in multi-layer glazing units for either improving existing technologies or for the development of new ones. However, their longevity, robustness, and cost affordability should be ensured.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/14/5357building envelopesdynamic glazing technologiesemerging glazing technologiesenergy consumptionestablished glazing technologiesglazing technologies |
| spellingShingle | Michalis Michael Fabio Favoino Qian Jin Alessandra Luna-Navarro Mauro Overend A Systematic Review and Classification of Glazing Technologies for Building Façades Energies building envelopes dynamic glazing technologies emerging glazing technologies energy consumption established glazing technologies glazing technologies |
| title | A Systematic Review and Classification of Glazing Technologies for Building Façades |
| title_full | A Systematic Review and Classification of Glazing Technologies for Building Façades |
| title_fullStr | A Systematic Review and Classification of Glazing Technologies for Building Façades |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review and Classification of Glazing Technologies for Building Façades |
| title_short | A Systematic Review and Classification of Glazing Technologies for Building Façades |
| title_sort | systematic review and classification of glazing technologies for building facades |
| topic | building envelopes dynamic glazing technologies emerging glazing technologies energy consumption established glazing technologies glazing technologies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/14/5357 |
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