Open AccessHigh rise buildings in Europe from energy performance perspective
Author(s) -
Seyed Masoud Sajjadian,
Laura Tupėnaitė,
Loreta Kanapeckienė,
Jurga Naimavičienė,
Sarah Radif,
Miguel P. Amado
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
modern building materials, structures and techniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
eISSN - 2029-9907
pISSN - 2029-9915
DOI - 10.3846/mbmst.2019.029
Subject(s) - architectural engineering , energy performance , high rise , energy (signal processing) , focus (optics) , efficient energy use , style (visual arts) , engineering , geography , archaeology , electrical engineering , statistics , physics , mathematics , structural engineering , optics
The United States is well known for the birthplace of tall buildings in the world since the nineteenthcentury. The trend continued across all continents and in 1940, Europe developed its first tall building of over 100meters in Genoa, Italy. Building codes, technological development, energy crisis, etc. have all influenced the builtenvironment in different ways, a very visible sign of such impacts can be seen in high rise buildings not only on theirarchitectural style but also on their performance. Different studies worldwide investigate energy performance ofmodern high-rise buildings; however, evolution of such buildings is rarely considered; energy performance ofdifferent high-rise buildings’ generations is seldom investigated and compared. To close a gap this study aims to makea closer look of how technological developments and energy crisis affected high-rise buildings in Europe with a focuson their energy performance.