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Felimban, Ahmed Abdulazeem (author), Prieto Hoces, A.I. (author), Knaack, U. (author), Klein, T. (author), Qaffas, Yasser (author)
In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), residential buildings' energy consumption accounts for almost 50% of the building stock electricity consumption. The KSA's economy relies heavily on fossil fuel sources, namely oil reservoirs, whose depletion will negatively affect the future development of the country. The total electricity consumption is...
journal article 2019
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Kültür, Sinem (author), Türkeri, Nil (author), Knaack, U. (author)
This paper presents a holistic decision support tool developed for use during the early stages of facade design. The tool is based on the interdependent relationships between facade performance, facade parameters, and conditions (environmental and spatial). It assumes that a decision maker has the ability to enhance the performance of a facade...
journal article 2019
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Böke, J. (author), Knaack, U. (author), Hemmerling, Marco (author)
The environmental boundary conditions and the demand for comfort change constantly during the use of a building. By dynamically balancing changing conditions and requirements, adaptive façades contribute to the energy efficiency of buildings. The façade fulfils a multitude of functions that are interdependent and relate to environmental...
journal article 2019
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Kwon, M. (author), Remøy, H.T. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
Personal control is one of the influential factors for user satisfaction and environmental comfort due to its physical and psychological impacts. This paper aims to identify the relationship between the degree of personal control over indoor environmental conditions and user satisfaction with thermal and visual comfort. Trying to answer the...
journal article 2019
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Alston, Mark E. (author), Pottgiesser, U. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
The glazed envelopes on buildings play a major role in operational energy consumption as they define the boundary conditions between climate and thermal comfort. Such a façade is viewed as an uncontrolled load that sets the operational performance requirements for artificial lighting and air-cooling mechanical systems. This is in contrast to...
journal article 2019
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Knaack, U. (author), Mohsen, Alamir (author)
The radical change in architectural design transcends the individuality of design towards multivarious individuation. The immersion of parametric diagrams in the representation of architectural objects leads into a process that could be grasped and manipulated with a high degree of efficiency. Computational advanced design techniques are...
book chapter 2018
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Pottgiesser, U. (author), Knaack, U. (author), Louter, P.C. (author)
book chapter 2018
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Techen, Holger (author), Krimm, J. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
The increasing migration into cities leads to an increasing number of people stressed by noise. More and more people are moving into urban settings comprised of multiple noise sources and hard reflective glass and steel facades. The omnidirectional arrangement of noise sources like airborne noise or car traffic noise and their reflection on the...
book chapter 2018
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Prieto Hoces, A.I. (author), Knaack, U. (author), Klein, T. (author), Auer, Thomas (author)
abstract 2018
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Juaristi Gutierrez, M. (author), Monge-Barrio, Aurora (author), Knaack, U. (author), Gómez-Acebo, Tomas (author)
abstract 2018
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Kwon, M. (author), Remøy, H.T. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
Many offices have been renovated to improve building performance. However, the user’s perception after renovation has not been evaluated. This paper presents user satisfaction with indoor environmental quality in façade renovated offices in the Netherlands. The study explored the correlation between facade renovation strategies and indoor...
conference paper 2018
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Kwon, M. (author), Remøy, H.T. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
This paper highlights the importance of considering user satisfaction in office renovation. Userfocused design approach in nearly zero energy office (nZEO) renovation is a way to increase user satisfaction and the value of office quality while meeting energy efficiency goal. The purpose of this paper is to investigate considerable measurement...
conference paper 2017
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Knaack, U. (author), Klein, T. (author), Bilow, M. (author)
The Prototyping efn Mobile programme ‘emerging envelope’ develops innovative façade constructions with international student teams of the European Façade Network (EFN). The inspiring energy of workshops and 1:1 mock-up buildings generates a plethora of new ideas for intelligent, adaptive and sustainable façades. From adaptive building envelopes...
book 2016
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Knaack, U. (author), de Witte, D. (author), Mohsen, Alamir (author), Tessmann, Oliver (author), Bilow, M. (author)
In 2014, a 3D-printed Canal House by DUS architects caught the attention of the world – including President Obama. The 3D Print Canal House proved the potentials of Additive Manufacturing for architecture and construction. Additive Manufacturing provides the architect with completely new solutions for realising tool-less production methods while...
book 2016
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Henriksen, T.N. (author), Knaack, U. (author), Lo, S. (author)
Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) has been developed over the last 50 years into the material it is today. GFRC is mostly used as a cladding material and to a lesser extent for structural elements. This paper examines the challenges of using freeform thin-walled GFRC elements in the design and fabrication of a self-supporting artwork. The...
conference paper 2015
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Konstantinou, T. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
Given the very low renewal rate of the building stock, the efforts to reduce energy demand must focus on the existing residential buildings. Even though awareness has been raised, the effect on energy efficiency is often neglected during the design phase of refurbishment projects. This paper discusses an integrated approach to energy-efficiency...
conference paper 2013
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Strauss, H. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
Not only in the medical, aviation and automotive industry, the Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes are being looked upon as increasingly important production processes. But also the construction industiy is realizing more and more the chances and opportunities, that open up with these technologies for different designs and new details. The...
conference paper 2012
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Konstantinou, T. (author), Knaack, U. (author)
Refurbishing the existing building stock is an acknowledged issue in the building industry. Even though awareness has been raised, the design phase of refurbishment projects is often problematic. The decisions taken in the early stages of the design determine the final result; however, the assessment of the environmental performance only happens...
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