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- Facade 2018 : AdaptivePublication . Overend, Mauro; Aelenei, Laura Elena; Krstic-Furundzic, Aleksandra; Perino, Marco; Goia, Francesco; Wellershoff, Frank; Attia, Shady; Knaack, Ukrich; Louter, Christian; Luible, Andreas; Gosztonyi, Susanne
- Case studies : adaptive facade networkPublication . Aelenei, Laura Elena; Aelenei, Daniel; Romano, Rosa; Mazzucchelli, Enrico Sergio; Brzezicki, Marcin; Rico-Martinez, Jose MiguelABSTRACT: Adaptive building envelopes can provide improvements in building energy efficiency and economics, through their capability to change their behaviour in real time according to indooroutdoor parameters. This may be by means of materials, components or systems. As such, adaptive façades can make a significant and viable contribution to meeting the EU´s 2020 targets. Several different adaptive façade concepts have already been developed, and an increase in emerging, innovative solutions is expected in the near future. In this context the EU initiative COST Action TU 1403 aims to harmonize, share and disseminate technological knowledge on adaptive facades at a European level. According to the definition given by this COST Action, an adaptive façade is a building envelope consisting of multifunctional and highly adaptive systems that is able to change its functions, features, or behaviour over time in response to transient performance requirements and boundary conditions, with the aim of improving the overall building performance. In order to explore the available and emerging technologies focusing on adaptive façades, Working Group 1 of the COST Action undertook research to form a database of adaptive façade case studies and projects structured in accordance with a simple classification – materials, components and systems. In addition to this, details of the purpose of the systems/components/materials with adaptive features and the working principle of each technology were also collected together with data regarding design practice, technology readiness, and economical aspects, among others. The information was collected with the help of a specific online survey (structured in the following main sections: detailed description - metrics- characterization- economic aspects – references). The database includes 165 cases of adaptive façade systems, components, and materials that allowed a variety of analyses to be carried out. According to the classification adopted within WG1 (materials, components, systems), each of the classification terms are introduced together with examples from the case study database in the following sections. This volume ends with a section dedicated to future developments, where different issues are addressed such as embedded functionality and efficiency amd biomimetic inspirations. The importance of adaptive façades through their flexibility, and intelligent design within the context of smart cities is also discussed.
- Os edifícios bioclimáticos e a integração das energias renováveis e os sistemas energéticos : Livro de apresentações do seminárioPublication . Goncalves, Helder; Camelo, Susana
- Los Edificios en el Futuro, Estrategias Bioclimáticas y Sustentabilidad : Livro de Ponencias del SeminarioPublication . Goncalves, Helder; Camelo, Susana
- Los Edificios Bioclimaticos en los Paises de Ibero América : Livro de Ponencias del SeminarioPublication . Goncalves, Helder
- Conceitos bioclimáticos para os edifícios em PortugalPublication . Goncalves, Helder; Graça, João Mariz
- Solar XXI : em direcção à energia zero : towards zero energyPublication . Goncalves, Helder; Cabrito, Pedro; Diniz, Isabel
- Edifício Solar XXI: : um edifício energeticamente eficiente em PortugalPublication . Goncalves, Helder; Cabrito, Pedro
- Recommendation on Summer energy efficiency on national building codesPublication . Goncalves, Helder; Camelo, SusanaThe building regulations have a major role in controlling and limiting the energy consumption of the building sector. The Thermal Building Regulations of the European countries although had followed the EPBD Directive in what concerns the methodologies, differs on the re-quirements and recommendations on summer comfort and energy consumption for cooling, due to the particular conditions of each country. A review of the national building codes concerning envelope constructive solutions (opaque and transparent), thermal mass, ventilation rates, energy consumption methodology and correspondent values limits has been undertaken for the participating countries of the Keep-Cool II Project and, was extended to other countries, by consulting building codes, technical reports concerning energy use in buildings and by direct contacts with colleagues. The goal of this analysis consists on put in evidence the different strategies adopted and try to share and to supply information and experiences in so far as, the energy demand for cooling in European buildings is the energy use in the building sector with high increase rate among the other energy uses. In fact, cooling can be avoided or significantly reduced, with-out risking summer thermal comfort, by means of mature passive cooling solutions, renew-able energy sources and reducing internal heat gains. This present report summarizes, in Chapter 1, the information that has been compiled from questionnaire answers of partners of the Keep Cool II Project: Austria, France, Italy, German, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and United Kingdom. Chapter 2 summarizes de final remarks and conclusions of the building regulations related to summer comfort and energy for cooling in or order to contribute for the dissemination activi-ties. In the Annexes are the questionnaire (Annex A) and the systematized replies to the ques-tionnaire in a comparative form (Annex B), In the Annex C is the name of the experts that have answered to the questionnaire by country and institution. A review of the national build-ing codes for other European countries is presented In the Annex D: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia Republic, Spain.