Smart Buildings Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology to Improve Energy Efficiency and Environmental Performance By Marco Casini

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Smart Buildings Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology to Improve Energy Efficiency and Environmental Performance By Marco Casini

Contents

Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering ix
About the author xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction xvii
Part One Smart buildings 1
1 Designing the third millennium’s buildings 3
1.1 Buildings as a key part of the energy and environmental system 3
1.2 Smart, sustainable, and inclusive buildings 6
1.3 Zero-energy buildings 10
1.4 Green buildings 27
1.5 Smart buildings 38
1.6 Conclusions and future trends 49
References 50
2 Advanced materials for architecture 55
2.1 Building materials classification 55
2.2 Nanotechnology 59
2.3 Smart materials 84
2.4 3D printing for architecture 94
2.5 Conclusions and future trends 101
References 102
Part Two Smart insulation 105
3 Building insulating materials 107
3.1 Heat transfer physics 107
3.2 Classification and thermal properties 110
3.3 Functional model and building facade applications 114
3.4 Conclusions and future trends 124
References 125
4 Advanced insulating materials 127
4.1 Nanoporous insulating materials: aerogels 127
4.2 Vacuum insulating panels 149
4.3 Biobased insulating materials 160
4.4 Transparent insulating materials 167
4.5 Conclusions and future trends 174
References 175
5 Phase-change materials 179
5.1 Thermal mass and latent heat storage 179
5.2 Classification and technical specifications 184
5.3 Packaging and encapsulation methods 188
5.4 Functional model and building design 193
5.5 Building applications and products 197
5.6 Conclusions and future trends 215
References 216
6 Advanced building skin 219
6.1 Cool roofs 219
6.2 Green walls 229
6.3 Environment-adaptive skin facades 239
6.4 Conclusions and future trends 243
References 244
Part Three Smart windows 247
7 Advanced insulation glazing 249
7.1 Advanced low-emission glazing 249
7.2 Suspended film glazing 255
7.3 Vacuum insulating glass 256
7.4 Monolithic aerogel insulating glazing 257
7.5 Advanced window frames 258
7.6 Glazed double-skin facades 260
7.7 Heating glazing 264
7.8 Fire-resistant glazing 265
7.9 ETFE transparent closures 266
7.10 Conclusions and future development 274
References 275
8 Light and solar control glazing and systems 279
8.1 Antireflective glazing 279
8.2 Self-cleaning glazing 280
8.3 Light-redirection and optical systems 284
8.4 Static solar protection glazing 291
8.5 Advanced shading systems 296
8.6 Conclusions and future development 302
References 303
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9 Dynamic glazing 305
9.1 Passive dynamic glazing 305
9.2 Active dynamic glazing 307
9.3 Conclusions and future trends 323
References 324
10 Energy-generating glazing 327
10.1 Advanced photovoltaic glazing 327
10.2 Bioadaptive glazing 347
10.3 Conclusions and future trends 351
References 352
Index 355