Open AccessDynamic Adaptive Building Envelopes – an Innovative and State-of-The-Art Technology
Author(s) -
Sachin Harry
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
creative space
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-7154
pISSN - 2321-3892
DOI - 10.15415/cs.2016.32004
Subject(s) - building envelope , envelope (radar) , key (lock) , work (physics) , architectural engineering , maturity (psychological) , building science , renewable energy , computer science , systems engineering , engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , business , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , thermal , computer security , psychology , developmental psychology , radar , physics , electrical engineering , meteorology
The building envelope has a key role to play in achieving indoor comfort for the occupants and building energy efciency. A dynamic, active and integrated solution -- able to achieve the optimum thermal performance, harness energy from renewable resources and, integrate active elements and systems -- is the most promising and innovative strategy for the building envelope of tomorrow. To achieve an effective and sustainable building envelope with a dynamic behaviour, considerable efforts in research and development are necessary. This paper endeavours to present a broad review of design, research and development work in the eld of Dynamic Adaptive Building Envelope (DABE). Based on detailed studies, the characteristic features, enabling technologies, and the overall motivations that have tendered to the advancement of DABE are discussed. In spite of its positive aspects, the study reveals that the concept of DABE has not yet been well-applied and needs much more exploration. Various challenges need to be resolved and advanced research undertaken to bring it to maturity and acceptance.