, Session Block A2
16:30 Double Skin and Cavity Façades
Chair: Bharat Patel, Harley Ellis Devereaux, Los Angeles, United States
Sustainable architecture at the heart of the University of Calgary
- Active double skin façade
- Net zero aspirations
- Parametrically designed façade
The next generation of closed-cavity façades
- Designing and engineering challenges
- Reshaping and contributing to urban environments
- Current projects and trends
A Double Skin Cavity Façade for a sustainable mid-rise building retrofit
- Reducing first costs with prefabricated wall assemblies
- Enhanced performance by thermal lag in double-mass wall
- Sustainable measures and reducing carbon footprint
Double skin façade with BIPV
- New application for PV technology within the building skin
- Higher overall energy efficiency by minimum energy loss
- Experimental research on optimal geometry
Active Cavity Transition Façade – Interior sun shading for energy-efficient fully glazed façades
- Fully glazed, blind-based exhaust cavity façade
- Case studies, measuring results and future research
- Textile screen optimization on view and energy efficiency
Performance of heat recovery using an Active Double Skin Façade
- Application of data science methodologies
- Active double full-glass façade
- Case study: Manhattan Beach Library
Brief Presentation
Optimization of air cavity of a double-skin transparent façade for HVAC strategy
18:00 End of Conference Day 1
19:30 Conference Dinner 