, Session Block A6
14:00 Design and Performance of Sustainable Buildings
Chair: Carl Knutson, Perkins & Will, Washington, D.C., United States
Sustainable simplicity and the future of the building envelope
- Evolution of façades of institutional buildings
- Implementation of materials and technology in façades
- Synergies between building owner and architect perspectives
Assessing façade design impact on outdoor comfort
- Impact of urbanization trends on urban microclimate
- Framework to assess the outdoor thermal comfort
- Influence of detailed envelope design on users
Double-skin façade thermal performance in high-rise pure wood building
- Thermal performance of pure wooden high-rise structure
- Thermal transmittance of double-skin façade
- Solar heat gain coefficient of double-skin façade
The low pressure well - A new archetype?
- Definition of the concept
- Anteriority research
- Case studies
Brief Presentations
Dynamic skins for natural cooling
Complex geometries and challenging engineering solutions
Low-cost building skin design with recycled material
Economic efficiency of vacuum insulation panels with hybrid core material
Embodied carbon tool for building façades
15:30 Coffee Break