Ajla Aksamija

Sustainable Facades

Design Methods for High-Performance Building Envelopes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Practical information on designing sustainable, energy-efficient building facades

As energy and other natural resources are being depleted, it has become clear that technologies and strategies that allow us to maintain our satisfaction with interior environments while consuming less of these resources are major objectives of contemporary facade design. Sustainable Facades focuses on the strategies and approaches for designing sustainable, high-performance building facades, and provides technical guidance for architects and designers.

This timely and useful guide presents strategies and technical guidelines for designing environmentally sensitive, energy-efficient facades based on scientific principles. It provides climate-specific approaches for minimizing energy consumption, analyzes the thermal behavior of different facade systems and materials, and illustrates with case studies how these approaches have been implemented on architectural projects. It also discusses emerging facade technologies, materials, and systems.

Topics covered in this unique and indispensable guide include:
Climate-based design approaches for high-performance facades
Characteristics of sustainable facades: energy efficiency, thermal behavior, and moisture resistance
Designing for thermal comfort, lighting and glare control, and acoustic quality
Emerging technologies in facade design, including smart materials, double-skin facades, and facades as energy generators
Case studies on building orientation and facade design, tectonic sun exposure control, external shading elements, and more

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 207mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 854g
• ISBN-13: 9781118458600
• ISBN-10: 1118458605
• Artikelnr.: 36880191

Autorenporträt

Ajla Aksamija, PhD, leads Perkins+Will Tech Lab, a center for research of building technologies. Dr. Aksamija's research expertise includes building science and sustainability, emerging building technologies, digital design and information modeling. She has contributed to several books and has published numerous research articles. PERKINS+WILL is an interdisciplinary, international design practice offering services in the areas of architecture, interior design, branded environments, planning and strategies, and urban design. Sustainable, high-performance, and environmentally conscious design is the cornerstone of Perkins+Will's practice that informs every project.

Inhaltsangabe

Figure Credits ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Chapter 1
Climate-Based Design Approach for Facades 1 Climate Classifications and
Types 3 Climate-Specific Design Guidelines for Facades 8 Environmental
Considerations and Design Criteria 8 Design Strategies and Climate 9
Chapter Summary 14 Chapter 2 Characteristics of Sustainable Facades 17
Energy Efficiency 18 Orientation 19 Fenestration 24 Facade Types and
Materials 40 Opaque Building Facades 40 Glazed Building Facades 48
Materials and Properties 54 Properties of Facade Materials and Components
54 Embodied Energy of Materials 62 Thermal Behavior and Moisture Resistance
66 Control of Heat Transfer, and Air and Moisture Movement 66 Steady-State
Heat and Moisture Transfer Analysis for Opaque Building Facades 69
Hygrothermal Analysis for Opaque Building Facades 74 Heat Transfer Analysis
for Glazed Building Facades 79 Chapter Summary 83 Chapter 3 Designing for
Comfort 85 Thermal Comfort 86 Methods of Measurement 87 Facade Design and
Thermal Comfort 91 Daylight and Glare 95 Daylighting Strategies 95 Glare
109 Acoustic Comfort and Air Quality 115 Acoustics 115 Air Quality 118
Chapter Summary 119 Chapter 4 Emerging Technologies in Facade Designs 121
Emerging Materials and Technologies 122 Advanced Facade Materials 122 Smart
Materials 126 Double-Skin Facades 135 Double-Skin Facades in Hot and Arid
Climates 141 Double-Skin Facades in Cold Climates 143 Facades as Energy
Generators 149 Control Systems for Facades 153 Chapter Summary 155 Chapter
5 Case Studies 157 Building Orientation and Facade Design 159 Arizona State
University Interdisciplinary Science & Technology Building 159 Center for
Urban Waters 167 Tectonic Sun Exposure Control 178 Kuwait University
College of Education 178 King Abdullah Financial District Parcel 4.01
Building 186 King Abdullah Financial District Parcel 4.10 Building 200
External Shading Elements 211 University of Texas Dallas Student Services
Building 211 Facade Materials and Wall Assemblies 218 Bigelow Laboratory
for Ocean Sciences 218 Appendix Case Studies Index 227 Chapter 2 228 Case
Study 2.1: Vincent Triggs Elementary School, Clark County Elementary
Prototype (Las Vegas, Nevada) 228 Case Study 2.2: Hector Garcia Middle
School (Dallas, Texas) 228 Case Study 2.3: Kendal Academic Support Center,
Miami Dade College (Miami, Florida) 229 Chapter 3 229 Case Study 3.1:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
Environmental Health (Atlanta, Georgia) 229 Chapter 4 230 Case Study 4.1:
Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University for Women Academic Colleges
(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) 230 Case Study 4.2: Tinkham Veale University Center,
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) 230 Chapter 5 231
Interdisciplinary Science & Technology Building, Arizona State University
(Tempe, Arizona) 231 Center for Urban Waters (Tacoma, Washington) 232
Kuwait University College of Education (Shadadiyah, Kuwait) 232 King
Abdullah Financial District Parcel 4.01 Building (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) 233
King Abdullah Financial District Parcel 4.10 Building (Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia) 233 University of Texas Dallas Student Services Building (Dallas,
Texas) 234 Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (East Boothbay, Maine) 234
Index 235