Day 1, Session Block B
8:30 Opening + Keynote
10:00 Coffee Break
Enhanced Energy Performance and Daylighting of Building Envelopes for Hospitals
Chair: Marilyne Andersen, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Context of hospital energy use, and a roadmap for deep energy savings
- Envelope load reduction through solar control
- Qualitative aspects of solar control
Heather Burpee, Health Design & Energy Efficiency, Dep. of Architecture, University of Washington, USA
- The healing environment
- A dampening skin
- A second skin to protect against wind, sun and rain
Michel Van der Beken, VS-A Architectes - Ingénierie de l’Enveloppe, Lille, France
- Effect of daylight on health and well-being
- Daylight quality, window size, orientation and shading
- Calculation methods of daylight optimization
Helmut Köster, Köster Tageslichtplanung, Frankfurt, Germany
- Shape studies for optimization of thermal and daylight performance
- Control strategies of solar irradiation and shading systems for enhanced daylight control
- Energy saving potential
Sahar Nezam Diab, Dep. of Architectural, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
12:30 Lunch