Day 1, Session Block F
10:45 Prefabrication: From Complex Façade Design to Building Retrofits
Moderation: Jessica Webster, CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada
Prefabricated enclosure wall panel systems
- Performance requirements of the building envelope
Gonçalo Correia Lopes, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Retrofitting with light prefabricated modules
- Applicable strategies for retrofitting
- Comparing strategies and processes: case studies
- Benefits, key issues and future prospects of timber lightweight envelopes
Silvia Giammetta, Politecnico di Torino, Rivoli, Italy
Market assessment and business strategies
- Prefabricated wall assemblies
- Knowledge exchange between Europe and Canada
Jessica Webster, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Upgrading building skins with prefabricated modules
- Rapid installation process based on customized interfaces
- Data acquisition of the key points of the existing building skin
- Advanced manufacturing process for customized interface elements
Kepa Iturralde, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Façade integrated MVHR heat pump
- Deep renovation with prefabricated timber frame elements
- Combined MVHR and exhaust air heat pump for façade integration
- Performance, thermal comfort and indoor air quality of supply air heating
Fabian Ochs, UIBK - EEB, Innsbruck, Austria
Recycling shipping containers for building envelopes
- Security: resilient functional building against extreme weather
- Sustainability: low embodied energy for construction and operation
- Affordability: low investment and operational costs
Xingxing Zhang, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden
12:30 Lunch