Typification is a well-established operator of map generalization. Although it is widely used in many existing research fields, less discussion has been devoted to the quality of typification. This paper presents a user survey for the evaluation of different typification results of façade structures under different constraints. The survey shows that preservation of the shape of the features is ...

The solar façade of the FIAT Research Center (CRF) was realized recently near Turin in Italy, under cooperation between CRF and Politecnico di Milano. The photovoltaic elements, that has a total power of 19.5 kWp, produces electric energy, while the forced air circulation beneath the modules recovers the thermal fraction of captured solar radiation and cools the cells as well. The electricity g...

In the perspective of the Net Zero Energy Buildings as specified in the EPBD 2010/31/EU, we propose the concept and design of a modular unglazed solar thermal (UST) façade component for facilitating the installation of active solar façades. The renovation of existing buildings offers an opportunity to improve the energy efficiency when using such a system and a novel design methodology tackled ...

Equipping building envelopes with an additional layer is effective measure for improving the overall thermal and daylighting performance reducing energy consumption of buildings. This study investigated user acceptance energy-saving retrofitting measures in office buildings, reporting on view perception emotional response towards ETFE double-skin façades (DSF). Virtual Reality (VR) physics-base...

The impacts of building envelope designs are significant on indoor thermal environment, especially for naturally ventilated buildings. Parametric façade studies were investigated for various orientations, window sizes and shading devices by using building simulation (ESP-r) and CFD (FLUENT) coupling program to predict indoor thermal environment in an accurate and quick way. Two typical weeks we...

The main focus of this work was the simulation and optimization of a BIPV-façade-system configuration through the development of simulations using the software ”TRNSYS”. First, several limitations and constraints within the TRNSYS framework needed to be solved to develop a reliable simulation environment. Various parameters were detected which are influencing the temperature distribution over a...

We present a novel procedural framework for interactively modeling building façades. Common procedural approaches, such as shape grammars, assume that building façades are organized in a tree structure, while in practice this is often not the case. Consequently, the complexity of their layout description becomes unmanageable for interactive editing. In contrast, we obtain a façade by composing ...