Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings: Design and Strategy
This book presents a series of significant methods and examples for the design of sustainable intelligent facades in a variety of contexts. Emphasis is placed on how intelligence has been applied for successful energy-saving efforts in the planning of building envelopes.

Readers will find essential information on the core principles involved in designing, calculating and organizing intelligent facades according to the need for a new or retrofitted building. Not only are different materials and technologies considered, but also efficient ways to combine them according to user needs and other project-specific constraints. Illustrations, tables and graphs accompany the text, clarifying the concepts discussed.

Architects, facade consultants and all those interested in and energy-saving measures and improved indoor comfort will find this book useful not only as an introduction to the subject but also as a guide to achieving more responsive building methods.
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Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings: Design and Strategy
This book presents a series of significant methods and examples for the design of sustainable intelligent facades in a variety of contexts. Emphasis is placed on how intelligence has been applied for successful energy-saving efforts in the planning of building envelopes.

Readers will find essential information on the core principles involved in designing, calculating and organizing intelligent facades according to the need for a new or retrofitted building. Not only are different materials and technologies considered, but also efficient ways to combine them according to user needs and other project-specific constraints. Illustrations, tables and graphs accompany the text, clarifying the concepts discussed.

Architects, facade consultants and all those interested in and energy-saving measures and improved indoor comfort will find this book useful not only as an introduction to the subject but also as a guide to achieving more responsive building methods.
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Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings: Design and Strategy

Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings: Design and Strategy

Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings: Design and Strategy

Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings: Design and Strategy

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Overview

This book presents a series of significant methods and examples for the design of sustainable intelligent facades in a variety of contexts. Emphasis is placed on how intelligence has been applied for successful energy-saving efforts in the planning of building envelopes.

Readers will find essential information on the core principles involved in designing, calculating and organizing intelligent facades according to the need for a new or retrofitted building. Not only are different materials and technologies considered, but also efficient ways to combine them according to user needs and other project-specific constraints. Illustrations, tables and graphs accompany the text, clarifying the concepts discussed.

Architects, facade consultants and all those interested in and energy-saving measures and improved indoor comfort will find this book useful not only as an introduction to the subject but also as a guide to achieving more responsive building methods.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783319818511
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication date: 04/25/2018
Series: Green Energy and Technology
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Pages: 134
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword.- Chapter 1: What is a real intelligent envelope?.- Chapter 2: History and state of the art.- Chapter 3: Design considerations.- Chapter 4: Design tools.- Chapter 5: Examples.- Concluding remarks: The intelligent envelope - where to?.- Bibliography.- Index.
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