Day 2, Session Block B3
08:30 Dynamic Glazing for Sustainable Building Skins
Chair: Michele Manca, LEITAT Technological Center, Spain
Smart dynamic windows
- Electrochromic and thermochromic materials and devices
- Oxides as key players
- Processes and performances
Comparison of two dynamic glass technologies - liquid crystal and electrochromic
- Comparison of colour-rendering performance for two products
- Quantifying the impact of switching speed on visual comfort
- Using wellbeing metrics to assess impacts on occupant health
Electrochromic window: The importance of control
- Optimizing daylight and solar gains
- Building needs and users requirements
- Adopting to changes inside and outside the building
Advanced control strategies for active modulation of solar radiation in buildings
- Toolchain for control strategies for active modulation of solar radiation in buildings
- Advanced control strategies to minimize energy use
- Advanced control strategies to maximize indoor comfort
Designing for restorative spaces with dynamic glass
- Benefits of views to nature on cognition
- Benefits of views to nature on stress reduction
- The role of dynamic glass in biophilic design
Advances in passive and active coatings technology for glass
- Window with smart active technology
- Collecting solar energy in window-spacer
- Dynamic electrochromic glazing
Brief Presentations on Solar Shading systems for enhanced daylight control
Ceramic skin of Sant Pau Research Institute
Determining shading need using a simplified thermal comfort model
Solar-thermal venetian blind for adaptive sun protection in a double-skin façade
10:00 Coffee Break