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SUMMARY:Façade impulse: towards intelligent and satisfactory resource-eff
 icient buildings - Alessandra Luna Navarro\, PhD Candidate\, Engineering D
 epartment
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CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Intelligent buildings have the potential to simultaneously rev
 olutionise the way humans live and reduce energy demand in buildings. In p
 articular\, the so-called\, smart / dynamic / adaptive building envelope c
 an selectively modulate the energy transfer between the building and its e
 nvironment in response to transient outdoor conditions and indoor requirem
 ents\, thereby providing a low-carbon means of ensuring occupant satisfact
 ion and well-being. However\, the effect of smart facades on holistic occu
 pant comfort and their satisfaction with the environment is yet to be full
 y captured and quantified. This information is essential for evidence-base
 d design and control of smart building envelopes. In this presentation\, t
 he smart façade characteristics that underpin satisfactory environmental 
 conditions are identified and metrics for their transient and holistic ass
 essment are discussed. A methodology to capture the effect of smart façad
 es on the holistic occupant comfort and satisfaction is then proposed toge
 ther with its implementation into an early stage design tool. 
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LT6
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