The building envelope has an important role in regulating the energy exchanges between
the internal and external environment. In recent years, various studies on technological …

Façades have an important role in the control of energy waste in buildings, nevertheless
most of them are designed to provide static design solutions, wasting large amounts of …

Circular Economy (CE) is the buzzword of today, promising an economy able to prosper on
limited resources by closing material cycles. However, there is no guarantee that simple …

This book discusses the most significant ways in which design has been applied to
sustainability challenges using an evolutionary perspective. It puts forward an innovation …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present the emerging need to explore
new ways of AgriFood production and food security as ultimate targets for feeding future …

Biomimicry is an interdisciplinary approach to study and transfer principles or mechanisms
from nature to solve design challenges, frequently differentiated from other design …

Biomimicry, as a field of science, is mainly defined as a solution for design problems
inspired by natural models, systems, and elements. For the built environment, using nature …

The growing interest in biomimicry in built environments highlights the awareness raised
among designers on the potentials nature offers to human and system function …

In an effort to produce new and more sustainable technologies, designers have turned to
nature in search of inspiration and innovation. Biomimetic design (from the Greek bios, life …

One of the most important challenges of the 21st century is the quest for economic
development models that respect the planet's ecosystem. Rather than imposing our …