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Energy Performances of Tensile Material in Building Renovation in the Nordic Region

Abstract

Tensile materials are increasingly used in the building envelope as second-skin systems, despite a lack of investigation on their effects. In this work, a second-skin system integrating a tensile material as an outer layer has been adopted in the retrofit analysis of two of the most common building typologies in the Norwegian context. The simulations were carried out by implementing a custom control logic for the system, considering the outdoor air temperature and the global vertical irradiation on the façades. The proposed retrofit solution allowed for a primary energy saving of about 35%.
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Category

Academic article

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Giovanni Ciampi
  • Yorgos Spanodimitriou
  • Alessandro Nocente
  • Michelangelo Scorpio
  • Sergio Sibilio

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Community / Architecture, Materials and Structures
  • Italy

Year

2022

Published in

E3S Web of Conferences

Volume

362

View this publication at Norwegian Research Information Repository