Day 2, Session Block B4
10:45 Dynamic Façade Design with Simulation Tools
Chair: Per Sahlin, EQUA Simulation, Stockholm, Sweden
Why shading must be dynamic
- Manual vs automated shading
- A modern way to control shading
- Early-stage specification – combining shading and glass
Glazing and shading that make the difference
- High-performance, cost-effective glazing
- Finding the right combination of glazing and shading
- Options for façade-integrated PV
Successful façade design by simulation
- Simulating dynamic building skins
- Photovoltaics in whole-building simulation
- Daylight ray tracing and CFD
Predictive controls for HVAC systems
- Finding control algorithm with dynamic simulation
- Energy savings and comfort optimization
- Web-based HVAC control
Holistic, multi-dimensional analysis of shading impacts on an all-glass office building
- Impact of shading system design on incident radiation and energy efficiency
- Impact of shading system design on daylighting performance
- Impact of shading design on thermal and visual comfort
Activating optical behavior of cellular lattices in glass sandwich façades
- Computational design of cellular lattices’ gradients
- Virtual prototyping of solar heat gain coefficients
- Optically active glass sandwich façade core
Advanced daylight modeling of façade systems for energy and comfort analysis
- BSDF characterization concepts for advanced façade systems
- Typology & application based requirements to BSDF resolution
- Proposed method for generating BSDFs for daylight systems
Design of an angular selective and switchable textile shading system
- Angular selective and switchable shading system
- Simulation-based design of textile geometries
- Validation against photogoniometer measurements
12:30 Lunch