Climate responsive facade system with translucent PCM

The European Union has approved the Energy Performance of Building Directive, requesting all new building to be near Zero Energy by 2020. This has created challenges and opportunities in the building sector, encouraging the creation of new solutions, which are both energy efficient and environmental friendly. Between many possible explored...

Research on the combination of translucent Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers (G.F.R.P.) and Phase Change Materials (P.C.M.), for applications in architecture

This thesis is a scouting on the possibilities of combining P.C.M.s and G.F.R.P.s into one transparent element, which could upgrade the aesthetical values of a non-transparent P.C.M.-G.F.R.P. system. The contribution of this research is twofold, providing: 1) An analysis framework for further exploration on the combination of a P.C.M. and a G.F...