Plug & Play Facades: Sustainable Facade Refurbishment of Existing Tall Buildings in UAE using Plug & Play approach

The thesis aims to offer a review of a modern conceptual facade focusing on one more possible solution to sustainable facade refurbishment for existing tall buildings. There are thousands of highrise buildings in the world and almost all of them over time will require some degree of refurbishment. The premise of this thesis is based on the...

Re-novate: Upgradable Building Envelope System for Energy Reduction Renovation of Dutch Post-war Apartments

Problem Definition and main objective: Current prefabricated building envelope systems utilised for energy reduction renovations are expected to be a long-lasting solution. In practice, the building envelope systems are not adapted to facilitate future updates due to changing regulations or changing standards. Furthermore, in most renovation...