16:00 Adaptive Building Skins for Energy Saving and User Comfort
Chair: Roberta Cocci Grifoni, University of Camerino, Italy
Design and evaluation of a prototype responsive wall system
- Building envelope, wall panel
- Phase change materials, climate responsive design
- Building façade technology
Giuseppe Losco, University of Camerino, Italy
Experimenting with sustainable building skins in an existing building
- Towards NZEB in the University Campus at the Technical University Madrid
- Sustainable experimental skins installed in an existing building
- Reducing energy consumption and improving indoor thermal comfort
Francesca Olivieri, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Dynamic simulation of a solar air heater and experimental measurements
- Solar air heater solution incorporating photovoltaic glass
- Experimental measurements using a test cell
- Validation of a dynamic simulation model
Nuno Simões, ITeCons, Coimbra, Portugal
Modeling and simulation of complex façade systems
- Simulation of luminous and energy performance of complex façades
- Model parameters, simulation settings, façade characteristics
- Climate-based daylight modeling
Sergio Altomonte, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK
Adaptive forms and materials for energy efficient buildings skins
- Adaptive building skins for a high indoor and outdoor comfort level
- Design with performance-based form-finding methods
- Energy performance in different climate zones
Monica Rossi-Schwarzenbeck, HTWK Leipzig, Germany
I-M Cool: I-Mesh cool façade to reduce the urban heat island effect
- Cool façades using a thermal computational fluid dynamics tool
- Effect of I-MESH on urban heat island phenomenon
- Assessing the urban thermal climate index in the urban canyon
Federica Ottone, University of Camerino, Italy
17:30 End of Conference