Light and Space: Users Perception towards Energy Efficient Buildings

Assessing users' visual perception based on the regular and irregular geometry of space organizer

Perception is a cognitive process depends on various factors of the environment. The user's mentality can affect his perception, understanding, and behavior in the environment. Organizing the environment is one of the important factors in the formation of spatial communication of elements that can be an important factor in understanding the person from his or her surroundings. In this research,...

Energy Efficient Buildings with Functional Steel Cladding

The aim of the study is to develop a model for the energy balance of buildings that includes the effect from the radiation properties of interior and exterior surfaces of the building envelope. As a first step we have used ice arenas as case study objects to investigate the importance of interior low emissivity surfaces. Measurements have been done in two ice arenas in the north part of Sweden,...

Aggregating Opinions to Design Energy-Efficient Buildings

In this research-in-progress paper we present a new real world domain for studying the aggregation of different opinions: early stage architectural design of buildings. This is an important real world application, not only because building design and construction is one of the world’s largest industries measured by global expenditures, but also because the early stage design decision making has...

Optimal Control of Energy Efficient Buildings

Electrochromics and thermochromics: towards a new paradigm for energy efficient buildings

Modern buildings normally have large windows and glass facades, known jointly as glazings, for achieving good day-lighting and indoors–outdoors contact. However, glazings are challenging for the buildings’ energy efficiency and frequently let in or out too much energy, which has to be balanced by active cooling or heating. Cooling requirements, in particular, have soared recently. Emerging tech...