Today's society needs to face challenging targets relating to environment and energy
efficiency, and therefore the development of efficient façade systems is essential. Innovative …

Adaptive façades can improve the building's energy efficiency and economics, through their
capability to change their behaviour in real time according to indoor-outdoor parameters, by …

The adaptation of building envelopes is nowadays driven by the transposition of properties
from the microscale to the macroscale realized by architects through the hand of the state-of …

Climate change and the rising global population demand innovative and sustainable
approaches for reducing energy and resource consumption as well as emissions per …

During the last decades, a great number of innovative building envelope materials, products,
and façade systems have been developed. The majority of these progressive technologies …

Abstract Climate Adaptive Facades are considered promising breakthroughs for the
reduction of energy consumption, as energy exchange is enabled when the weather …

Smart materials technologies are the key to 21st-century competitive advantage. Various
building materials can significantly increase levels of functionality.“Smart Materials” will play …

Adaptive building envelopes can provide improvements in the building energy efficiency
and economics, through their capability to change their behaviour in real time according to …

Adaptive building envelopes can provide improvements in building energy efficiency and
economics, through their capability to change their behaviour in real time according to …

During the last decades, a great number of innovative building envelope materials and
façade components have been developed. The majority of these technologies promise …