, Session Block A5
14:00 Designing High-performance Building Skins
Chair: Ben Abel, Hilson Moran, London, United Kingdom
Solution for a thermally active structure
- Energy efficiency via thermally active structures
- Planar thermal function addressing human physiology
- Additive construction via construction robotics
Designing for longevity and quality with a low-carbon façade
- Designing for a 100-year life
- Façade design to maximise passive performance
- Embracing future maintenance
A circular approach to building envelope design
- Existing building envelope industry linear approach
- Circular performance indicators to assess façade materials
- Unitised curtain-wall test case
Comparison of summer temperatures in a domestic building between measured and modeled results
- Domestic overheating
- Model validation against measurement
- Dynamic thermal simulation
Energy and life-cycle cost comparison of natural, mechanical and hybrid ventilation systems in schools
- Comparing natural, mechanical and hybrid ventilation
- Energy performance simulation
- Life-cycle cost of different ventilation strategies
Brief Presentations
Methodology to generate sustainable hybrid façades
Improving indoor air quality in classrooms via wind-induced natural ventilation
15:30 Coffee Break