There is a disconnection between commercial architecture and environmental thinking, where green features can be included as part of a strategy for gaining approvals and marketing projects, but those features are not reviewed after completion and occupation of the building and knowledge is not shared. High levels of air conditioning are still considered unavoidable. Elaborate double skin façade...

This paper advances the current knowledge on use of prefabricated timber-based panels in building renovation by analyzing detail thermal performance achieved two different solutions developed framework ongoing e-SAFE H2020 project. In particular, these apply to external walls a pilot located Catania (Italy) as double-skin façade that increases also seismic building. The dynamic energy simulatio...

Vertical building enclosures known as Double-skin façades (DSFs) have become recognized a promising façade type for buildings that place emphasis on sustainable, green, and energy-efficient design performance. DSFs are highly integrated across engineering architecture; however, there remain limited centralized knowledge repositories offer designers’ insight into these performance trends, multi-...

Building occupants interact frequently with façades. These interactions simultaneously affect several domains of the indoor environment (visual, thermal, air quality and acoustic) occupant perception, as well energy performance Yet this multi-domain relationship between façade is not understood. This gap in knowledge particularly problematic for dynamic façades, where automated controls endeavo...

Thermally modified timber (TMT) is increasingly offered in Europe as an alternative to preservative treated timber. TMT durability in field tests as well as its moisture sorption behaviour in façade application was determined so as to consider its suitability for outdoor use. Additionally, abrasion and crack-formation of TMT deckings were examined and the optical appearance of a TMT façade was ...

The paper describes an approach for the quality dependent reconstruction of building façades using 3D point clouds from mobile terrestrial laser scanning. Due to different look angles, such measurements frequently suffer from different point densities at the respective building façades. In order to support the interpretation at areas, where no or only limited LiDAR measurements are available, a...

At the intersection of multimedia, artificial intelligence, and gaming technology, new visions of future entertainment media arise that approximate the “Holodeck” ® idea of interactive storytelling. We report exploratory experiments on the user experience in a ‘classic’, foundational application of interactive storytelling, “Façade” (Mateas & Stern, 2002), and compare results with an identical ...

This paper is focused on integration between laser scanning data, CAD modelling and photogrammetric data collected during the survey of one façade of the monument called “Quattro Canti” in the historic centre of Palermo. The investigation has been directed to the production of a 3D photorealistic model of the monument. The “Quattro Canti” monument is formed by four cylindrical façades facing th...

This appendix describes the system model that is adopted for the experimental evaluation of our state-driven testing approach. Moreover, it contains the glossary of the terms used in the paper. 1 System model The system model adopted for state-driven testing is showed in Figure 1. Transitions in the Petri Net represent events that can occur during an execution. These events are logged by the Wo...

© 2010 enclos Double-skin facades have historically been more common among European high-rises in part because energy prices are significantly higher in Europe than in the United States. The use of double-skin facades (DSF) in the United States for commercial buildings presents a variety of challenges and impediments, including a longer payback period on initial investment. An emerging trend in...