Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings
Subtitle: Design and Strategy
Publisher: Springer
Published: Nov 15, 2016
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9783319392547
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings: Design and Strategy (Green Energy and Technology)