16:00 Structural and Themal Performance of Building Envelopes with Wood and Wood Composites
Chair: Zhenjun Ma, University of Wollongong, Australia
Implementing hygromorphic wood composites into responsive building skins
- Pre-programming of the response of hygromorphic wood composites
- Long-term durability and cyclic response behaviour of responsive wood composites
- Possibilities and limitations of hygromorphic building skins
Artem Holstov, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Strategies to extend the durability of wooden façades
- Challenges of wooden façades in outdoor applications
- Wood surface modification for UV stability and water repellency
- Upscaling of the process and performance of wooden façades in a living lab
Huizhang Guo, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Digital tectonics and dynamics in designing of wooden architecture envelopes
- Wood as an old structural material for new digital tectonics in architectural design
- Development perspective of wooden structural envelopes
- Wood as a component of multi-layered structural skins
Michał Golański, University of Zielona Góra, Poland
Hygrothermal and mould growth-related analysis of typical Finnish log-house envelopes
- Hygrothermal performance of a few log-house envelopes
- Heat and moisture transfer through different massive wooden wall assemblies
- Application of mould growth risk methodology on log-house envelope performance
Antti Haapala, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
Long span self-supporting wood-based compact façade system for industrial buildings
- Development of hybrid façade panel
- Investigation of gluing feasibility
- Structural and physical performance of façade panels
Marcus Schiere, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Refurbishment of a typical Australian fibro house
- A net-zero energy retrofitted Solar Decathlon house
- An innovative air-conditioning system to maintain required indoor thermal comfort
- Building energy simulation to assist in building envelope retrofits
Zhenjun Ma, University of Wollongong, Australia
Brief Presentations
Winter season protection of envelope bottom timber plate on its long-term hygrothermal conditions
Filip Fedorik, University of Oulu, Finland
17:30 End of Conference Day 1