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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"building envelope"”.
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Durability and waterproofing investigations of the building envelope
Durability of the building envelope is an important characteristic to monitor and test on a structure to ensure it does not fail prematurely from water penetration. Due to the building envelop failures existing today, the described testing herein aims to evaluate different building components in an …
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Advanced control strategies for adaptive building envelope systems
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Building envelope membrane as flexible formwork for concrete panels
This thesis investigates the use of a building envelope membrane as fabric-like formwork for exterior cladding systems in buildings. The exterior wall system (i.e., fagade) has evolved to meet the demands of the built environment including protecting occupants and interior space from the …
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Regionalism and the design of low-rise building envelope systems
… use of a three-pronged approach to evaluating building envelopes for low-rise affordable housing in urban contexts: construction cost estimating, building performance modeling, and cradle to grave life cycle assessment. Two climate regions were investigated: hot-humid and hot-dry, in two large …
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Building Envelope Wind Pressure Manipulation for Application in Streamlined High-Rise Buildings
… research investigates methods of manipulating building envelope wind pressure distribution for application in the natural ventilation of high-rise buildings. CFD simulations are employed to predict the wind pressure distribution around the building envelope. First, a 2-D CFD study is conducted …
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A methodology for thermal analysis and predictive control of building envelope heating systems
A heating system integrated into the building envelope, such as a floor radiant heating system, is defined as a building envelope heating system (BEHS). Thermal mass usually integrated with such a heating system can be utilized to lower both peak loads and operating costs and to reduce room …
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Experimental investigation of building envelope and air source heat pumps in Canadian cold climate
… despite their high efficiency and potential for building electrification. This slow adoption is partly due to the low efficiency of ASHPs in cold climates. This study investigates how extreme temperatures, wind, and solar conditions affect building envelope performance and the efficiency of …
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The profitability of green retrofitting the building envelope of commercial buildings in Cape Town
… attention on the construction of new green buildings, rather than optimizing existing building stock. Producing new buildings, while many existing properties are utilized on a sub-optimal level, with low rental income and high vacancies is not only resource inefficient, but also contributes …
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The effects of building envelope parameters on energy performance for high-rise buildings in central Saudi Arabia
… mainly for generating electricity to operate buildings and cope with population growth. Despite Saudi Arabia’s fast economic development, building envelopes in Saudi Arabia deserve more research attention to address energy consumption and environmental challenges. With the extremely hot …
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IoT for Innovation in the Building Process. IT for Design and Life Cycle Management of the Building Envelope
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Role of Solar-Reflective Coating in Improving Building Envelope Thermal Performance in the Urban Context of Phoenix, Arizona
… is increasing around the world and the building sector shows an even faster increase because of rising family income, changing lifestyles and more interest in urbanization, and easy access to electricity. These factors lead to rising demand for energy. U.S. Energy Information …
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Moisture occurrence in roof assemblies containing moisture storing insulation and its impact on the durability of building envelope
… by exfiltration and adsorbed within the envelope reduces the thermal performance of the envelope and favors fungus growth leading to deterioration of the materials and contamination of the indoor air. Roof assemblies thus insulated are particularly vulnerable to the mechanism of moisture …
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Dynamic building enclosures : the design of an innovative constructive system which permits mechanically-driven, computer-controlled shape transformations to the building envelope
Dynamic Building Enclosures is a system of prefabricated, lightweight, kit-of-parts wall and/or roof elements. This system has the unique capability of dynamically altering, or mutating its shape in reaction to changing user requirements or site climate conditions through the manipulation of a …
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Thermal analysis of the internal climate condition of a house using a computational model
… of a house is directly affected by how the building envelope (walls, windows and roof) is designed to suit the environment it is exposed to. The way in which the building envelope is constructed has a great affect on the energy required for heating and cooling to maintain human thermal …
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Investigation of the mechanics of windborne missile impact on window glass
Engineers have recognized that failure of the building envelope is one mechanism that can lead to severe damage of structures during windstorms. The building envelope consists of the roof, doorways, windows, and cladding components that form the exterior wall system of a building. Failure of the …
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A case-based reasoning approach to the designing of building envelopes
Building-envelope design is an information-intensive process that requires experiential knowledge. Confronted with such a process, a human expert adds to well-known domain knowledge his own experience, or the experience of others, to support his reasoning process and guide him in typical …
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Experimental procedure to evaluate air leakage through different building materials
… evaluation of air flow rate through different building materials used in the construction of building envelope. Experimental measurements of the air flow through and static pressure difference across building walls were carried out. For this purpose a new test configuration consisting of …
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