Overview
- Provides a guide on the design process of sustainable intelligent facades
- Explains different design methods, examples and guidelines according to different situations and constraints that might be encountered
- Focuses on energy design and architecture of intelligent building envelopes
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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About this book
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. Illustrations, tables and graphs accompany the text, clarifying the concepts discussed.
Architects, facade consultants and all those interested in and energy-saving measures and improved indoor comfort will find this book useful not only as an introduction to the subject but also as a guide to achieving more responsive building methods.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings
Book Subtitle: Design and Strategy
Authors: Guedi Capeluto, Carlos Ernesto Ochoa
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39255-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39254-7Published: 17 November 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81851-1Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39255-4Published: 09 November 2016
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 134
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Efficiency, Building Construction and Design, Renewable and Green Energy