Thermochromic window technologies promise pioneering architectural windows with energy-
saving capabilities through the intelligent regulation of indoor solar irradiation and …

The most ambitious challenge for designers is an effective shading system that is able to
keep the balance between the daylight harvesting and view out maximization while …

The building stock in the world consumes approximately 40% of the energy and emits one
third of the total greenhouse gases emissions (GHG). Improving the energy efficiency in …

Successful building design is becoming an increasingly complex task, due to a growing
demand to satisfy more ambitious environmental, societal and economical performance …

The façade design is and should be considered a central issue in the design of energy-
efficient buildings. That is why dynamic façade components are increasingly used to adapt …

The switchable building envelope is an innovative technology for low-energy buildings that
can dynamically switch the thermal and optical properties for energy saving, thereby to …

Adaptive façades (AFs) are technologies with great potential to reduce energy consumption
by changing their properties to adapt to variable climatic conditions. This paper proposes an …

Optimisation of shading devices in buildings is a broadly investigated topic; however, most
studies only focus on a single façade orientation, since the observed buildings are typically …

This paper presents integrated energy and lighting simulations as a part of wider research
focused on the form-finding process of adaptive shading concepts and on the actuation of …

The demand for tall buildings has increased over the past decades for cultural, financial, and
technological reasons. Such slender structures are more flexible and vulnerable to wind …