, Session Block B1
14:00 New Forms of Concrete for the Building Envelope
Chair: Som Shrestha, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States
Porous concrete prefab elements and their potential to mitigate urban temperatures
- Concrete heat-related performance
- Evaporative cooling
- Inner geometries to enhance cooling effect
High-rise buildings with bricks and concrete skeleton structure
- Mineral building blocks of a valuable city
- Brick as a continuous outer skin
- High-tech expertise for low-tech construction