A Study on the Impact of Climate Adaptive Building Shells on Indoor Comfort
Energy savings and indoor comfort are widely considered to be key priorities in the current architectural design trends. Additionally, the well-being and satisfaction of end users is a relevant issue when a human-centred perspective is adopted. The application of Climate Adaptive Building Shells (C...
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Energy savings and indoor comfort are widely considered to be key priorities in the current architectural design trends. Additionally, the well-being and satisfaction of end users is a relevant issue when a human-centred perspective is adopted. The application of Climate Adaptive Building Shells (CABS) compared to conventional façades offers appropriate opportunities for tackling these challenges. This paper reports the outcomes of a study performed on CABS in order to optimise the indoor comfort while calibrating the configuration of a dynamic façade module. The horizontal louvres of the adaptive façade are moved by an actuator that exploits the expansion of a thermo-active resin as it melts, by its absorption of energy. The actuation mechanism depends on the outdoor air temperature conditions and does not require a supply of energy. The performed simulation evidenced a decrease of approximately 4°C indoors when the dynamic module is fully efficient (21st June at 12 p.m.). Furthermore, the lux level is always within the comfort range for an office building (500-2000 lux) during both winter and summer scenarios. The optimised solution shows a substantial gain for energy performance and environmental sustainability. Moreover, the uniformity of distribution of daylight illuminance across the entire space is another associated advantage, giving interesting insights into potentials for architectural façade design.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2bfb667846f14781841e55f7c7d1c7e72023-03-15T13:53:10ZengStichting OpenAccessJournal of Facade Design and Engineering2213-302X2213-30382019-01-017110.7480/jfde.2019.1.2778132A Study on the Impact of Climate Adaptive Building Shells on Indoor ComfortAdele Ricci0Caterina Ponzio1Jacopo Gaspari2Emanuele Naboni3Student, School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaArchitect, VicenzaProfessor, School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum University of BolognaProfessor, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Energy savings and indoor comfort are widely considered to be key priorities in the current architectural design trends. Additionally, the well-being and satisfaction of end users is a relevant issue when a human-centred perspective is adopted. The application of Climate Adaptive Building Shells (CABS) compared to conventional façades offers appropriate opportunities for tackling these challenges. This paper reports the outcomes of a study performed on CABS in order to optimise the indoor comfort while calibrating the configuration of a dynamic façade module. The horizontal louvres of the adaptive façade are moved by an actuator that exploits the expansion of a thermo-active resin as it melts, by its absorption of energy. The actuation mechanism depends on the outdoor air temperature conditions and does not require a supply of energy. The performed simulation evidenced a decrease of approximately 4°C indoors when the dynamic module is fully efficient (21st June at 12 p.m.). Furthermore, the lux level is always within the comfort range for an office building (500-2000 lux) during both winter and summer scenarios. The optimised solution shows a substantial gain for energy performance and environmental sustainability. Moreover, the uniformity of distribution of daylight illuminance across the entire space is another associated advantage, giving interesting insights into potentials for architectural façade design. https://jfde.eu/index.php/jfde/article/view/132adaptive façadeparametric designdaylightenergy efficiencybuilding shells |
| spellingShingle | Adele Ricci Caterina Ponzio Jacopo Gaspari Emanuele Naboni A Study on the Impact of Climate Adaptive Building Shells on Indoor Comfort Journal of Facade Design and Engineering adaptive façade parametric design daylight energy efficiency building shells |
| title | A Study on the Impact of Climate Adaptive Building Shells on Indoor Comfort |
| title_full | A Study on the Impact of Climate Adaptive Building Shells on Indoor Comfort |
| title_fullStr | A Study on the Impact of Climate Adaptive Building Shells on Indoor Comfort |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study on the Impact of Climate Adaptive Building Shells on Indoor Comfort |
| title_short | A Study on the Impact of Climate Adaptive Building Shells on Indoor Comfort |
| title_sort | study on the impact of climate adaptive building shells on indoor comfort |
| topic | adaptive façade parametric design daylight energy efficiency building shells |
| url | https://jfde.eu/index.php/jfde/article/view/132 |
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