Day 1, Session Block C
8:30 Opening + Keynote
10:00 Coffee Break
Eco Materials for the Building Skin
Chair: Bruce Dvorak, Texas A&M University, USA
Conserving energy with biodiverse building skins
- Research demonstrates that living roofs and walls can conserve energy
- Not all forms of vegetated building skins are biologically diverse
Bruce Dvorak, Dep. of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, USA
Passivhaus envelope with modular straw panels
- Benefits of an airtight, vapour permeable wall construction
- Thermal bridge solutions of a modular loadbearing/insulated wall
- Fire resistance of wall with straw insulation and clay plaster
Bjørn Kierulf, Createrra, Senec, Slovakia
Environmental implications of cork as thermal insulation in façade retrofits
- Environmental assessment of façade-building construction
- Renewable materials in façade retrofits
- Environmental performance of different insulation materials
Jorge Sierra-Pérez, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
The potential application of agro-based polymers in building façades
- Developing translucent bio-based Façade materials made of agro-based polymers
- A framework of multi-performance criteria matrix for selecting optimal materials
- Micro-mechanics and finite element methods as tools to identify
Mahjoub Elnimeiri, College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA
Brief Presentation: Materials for Sustainable Building Skins
Innovative pre-coated steels for aesthetical, durable and sustainable building skins
Jérôme Guth, Business Development Construction, ArcelorMittal - Global R&D, Luxembourg
12:30 Lunch