Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings: Design and Strategy

by Guedi Capeluto, Carlos Ernesto Ochoa

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:	9783319392547
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	11/15/2016
Series:	Green Energy and Technology
Edition description:	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.