Buildings should be understood as a process that consumes energy in all their phases (design, construction, use and end-of-life) and, more specifically, the building envelope is clearly involved in all of them. For this reason, the International Energy Agency defines in...

Abstract Recent researches and studies demonstrate that the need for sustainable buildings which do less impact on the environment is rising in the worldwide [1,2] . Not only the energy generator from energy supply side needs to be considered to build a sustainable buil...

Abstract In recent decades, environmental problems have enforced designers to estimate the level of environmental emission of building design and reduce their environmental impact. On the premise of ensuring indoor comfort, the cost-effectiveness of solutions for reduci...

Summarization: The significance of bioclimatic architecture has become widely accepted since the 1970s and the implementation of its principles in practice is a key factor in order to achieve energy efficiency in the building sector. The way, however, from scientific ac...

Abstract As Abbe Laugier elaborated in his book “Essay on Architecture”, architecture was founded on simple nature to protect occupants from harsh external environments, and thus providing comfortable indoor is one of the fundamental roles of buildings. Also, comfort al...

Abstract The indoor thermal quality is one of the main study topics in the sustainable building field. The HCRI-BIPV smart window was developed to be used in the indoor environmental control on building living quality. This paper describes the 0.75 kWp capacity of grid-...

The residential sector is responsible for approximately a quarter of energy consumption in Europe. This consumption, together with that of other buildings, mainly from the tertiary sector, makes up 40% of total energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions. Artificial lig...

Abstract The importance of embodied energy and embodied greenhouse gas emissions (EEG) from buildings is gaining increased interest within building sector initiatives and on a regulatory level. In spite of recent harmonisation efforts, reported results of EEG from build...

En este trabajo se compara desde una perspectiva de sostenibilidad, el impacto medioambiental de una estructura de fábrica horizontal de albañilería mediante bóveda de arista, respecto a un forjado estructural de hormigón armado de tipo reticular, utilizando técnicas ba...