Intelligent Envelopes for High-Performance Buildings Design and Strategy /

• Main Authors: Capeluto, Guedi (Author), Ochoa, Carlos Ernesto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy Efficiency.; Building Construction and Design.; Renewable and Green Energy.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Chapter 1: What is a real intelligent envelope?
• Chapter 2: History and state of the art
• Chapter 3: Design considerations
• Chapter 4: Design tools
• Chapter 5: Examples
• Concluding remarks: The intelligent envelope - where to?
• Bibliography
• Index.