Advanced Building Envelope Components. Comparative Experiments

Table of Contents

Part One: Transparent Envelope Components 1. Introduction: towards intelligent kinetic skins 2. Glass 3. Shadings 4. Window openings 5. Frames 6. Structural adhesives

Part Two: Opaque Envelope Components 7. Introduction: towards Climate Adaptive building Shells 8. External side 9. Internal side 10. Envelope core

Part Three: Comparing components: The Occupant's Behaviour 11. Introduction: towards users' inclusion in energy (retrofit) strategies 12. Passive vs active users

Part Four: Experimental Methods 13. Introduction 14. Experimental methods in laboratory 15. Experimental methods on-site 16. Mock-up

Authors

Francesca Stazi Department of Materials, Environmental Sciences and Urban Planning (SIMAU), Faculty of Engineering, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy. Francesca Stazi, Ph.D, is Associate Professor at Polytechnic University of Marche. She carries out experimental and numerical research activities in the field of Building Science and Technology. The aim is to optimize the building envelope in terms of energy saving, thermal comfort, environmental sustainability and durability of the components. The researches cover new and existing envelopes, ventilated facades and passive solar systems. The acquired knowledge was applied in the patenting of two industrial inventions, an innovative ventilated thermal insulation and a GFRP frame for windows. The results of the studies are reported in 65 publications, including 25 papers on international ISI journals. She is also a reviewer for various international ISI Journals.