Assessing and benchmarking the performance of advanced building facades

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Clarke, J.A. and Johnstone, C.; Hall, M.R., ed. (2010) Assessing and benchmarking the performance of advanced building facades. In: Materials for Energy Efficiency and Comfort in Buildings. Woodhead Energy Series . Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, pp. 484-502. ISBN 1845695267

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Abstract

This chapter describes the energy demand reshaping and supply technologies that may be encapsulated within an advanced building façade - for example, transparent and breathable insulation, advanced glazing, daylight capture, photovoltaic components and ducted wind turbines. Laboratory testing techniques for the characterisation of the fundamental parameters underlying each technology are elaborated as the essential prerequisite of integrated performance appraisals of specific technology combinations within an advanced façade design context. Based on the results from simulations undertaken in the UK climate context, performance benchmarks are suggested for some principal façade configurations.

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Clarke, J.A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4783-5107 and Johnstone, C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5171-1230; Hall, M.R.
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