Effect of Thermal Bridging on Buildings' Energy Performance
Heat transfer through building facades can occur by any combinations of conduction, convection, and/or radiation. Conductive heat transfer depends on…
Heat transfer through building facades can occur by any combinations of conduction, convection, and/or radiation. Conductive heat transfer depends on…
The European building stock is mainly constituted by highly energy demanding buildings. The only way to a more sustainable and decarbonized building …
Facade design is a key component of architectural expression, and increasingly a key design consideration due to growing importance of factors like: …
The paper will try to study the impact of window opening on waiting room experience of patients in an eye hospital along with their attendants. As di…
Cost-effective, sustainable, self-actuating, thermally-responsive, bio-composite exo-skins that act like shields or cloaks for existing buildings cou…
The tragic fire of June 14, 2017 at the Grenfell Tower in London, England has brought to a very public global forum issues related to the impact of f…
During the postwar era, and before the universal adoption of air-conditioning in the United States, leading architects participated in the design of …
Facades play an important role in the control of energy flow and energy consumption in buildings as they represent the interface between the outdoor …
Projecting imagery onto building facades is not only becoming a marketing necessity for successful urban spectacles but is also altering social urban…
This paper provides an overview of a course focusing on the façade as taught to architecture students over a twenty-year period. The need for this s…
This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will creat…
Concerns over time-dependent argon permeation through the perimeter edge seals of insulating glass units (IGUs) led the authors to utilize two commer…
Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight pr…
The prominence of climatically responsive building facades through the use of kinetics has proliferated in recent years due to a concern for the redu…
Today's sustainability in architecture takes into consideration the complete life cycle of buildings and their components, from resource harvesting a…
This paper explores the architectural shape optimization of typical housing typologies: slab and high-rise residential buildings to reduce primary en…
Window glass design using ASTM E 1300 entails determining glass thickness(es) and types so that the window glass construction load resistance magnitu…
Responsive facade system is considered a major component of high-performance building envelope that is capable of responding to environmental stimuli…
The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants produced…
This research unlocks the relationship between space, structure and light in nine unique museums developed by architect Renzo Piano. Renzo Piano uses…