Unlocking the Potential of Building Envelopes - Sustainable and People-Centered Approach to Reduce the Environmental Footprint of the Built Environment

This book delves into the performance-based design approach, highlighting the necessity for bespoke, adaptive, and cognitive building envelopes that promote sustainable and positive behaviours throughout their lifecycle. A key to unlock the building envelope's potential is the integration of advanced digital tools such as building information modelling (BIM) and digital twin technology, which enable accurate simulation and optimization of energy efficiency, decarbonization, and human-centric design aspects. Moreover, the work emphasizes the importance of a user-centred approach in designing interactive and connected building envelopes, thereby fostering sustainable behaviours among occupants. This focus on user engagement and education in optimizing building envelope utilization not only contributes to reducing the environmental impact but also enhances the quality of life, well-being, and health of occupants. In the era of digital and ecological transition, the book serves as an essential guide to design and operate energy-efficient, responsive, and user-friendly building envelopes, paving the way for a future where the built environment is a significant contributor to sustainability and human health.

List of contents

1.The evolution of building envelope design in the digital and ecological transition.- 2.The relevance of performance-based design within early-stage design.- 3.Decarbonization-driven design: energy-efficient, responsive, zero-emission, positive, advanced materials, sustainable alternatives for the building envelope.- 4.Human-centric design: comfort, well-being, and health cognitive in building envelope design.- 5.Parametric building envelope design and technology integration.- 6.Investigating decision-making frameworks for early-stage performance-based building envelope design.- 7.Unlocking the Future: Innovations in Building Envelope design.

Product details

• Authors: Juan Diego Blanco Cadena, Matteo Cavaglià, Andrea Giovanni Mainini, Tiziana Poli, Al Speroni, Alberto Speroni
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2024
• EAN: 9783031752971
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3175297-1
• No. of pages: 129
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 263 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 129 p. 61 illus., 23 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology; PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Nachhaltigkeit, Sustainability, Meteorologie und Klimatologie (Klimaforschung), Digital Twin, Alternative und erneuerbare Energiequellen und -technik, Renewable Energy, BIM, environmental footprint, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Climate Sciences, Climate change adaptation, building envelope design, building envelope technology