Re-thinking the Building Envelope

Lessons from Nature in the Era of Climate Change

AvFrancesco Sommese

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology

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This book illustrates the potential of nature when it comes to rethinking the role of the building envelope, which is responsible for energy flows between the internal and external environment, in the era of climate change.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-14
Mått:168 x 240 x 13 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology
Antal sidor:107
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031694783

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Francesco SommeseBuilding Systems Engineer and Ph.D.He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Systems Engineering, with honours, for a thesis entitled "Biomimetic strategies for the design of climate adaptive building envelopes: a problem-based methodological approach".He is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer in Architectural Engineering at the Department of Civil, Building and Environmental Engineering (DICEA) of the University of Naples Federico II, dealing with innovative and sustainable issues for the building envelope, nature-based solutions, bioclimatic architecture and green building, also applied to rural architecture. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering for Cultural Heritage. He has been a member of the organizational secretariats of national conferences and has received several awards for his research activities. He is the author of scientific publications in prestigious international journals and has participated as a speaker in national and international conferences. He is a reviewer for international academic journals and co-supervisor of theses degrees.

Innehållsförteckning

The building envelope.- Adaptive building envelope.- Biological investigation.- Nature and architecture.- Dynamic functional solutions.- From nature to architecture: methods and approaches.- Conclusions and future perspectives.