Publications by Angela Clua Longas

Un démonstrateur de façade active bas carbone

Sophie Lufkin, Emmanuel Rey, Angela Clua Longas

2019

Designing Energy-Efficient Façades to Meet Energy Transition Targets

The contemporary energy context can be considered as a period of energy transition, where the latest protocols focus on limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improving energy efficiency across the different energy consumption sectors. As the largest ...

EPFL2019

Advanced Active Façades : The construction of a full-scale demonstrator for BIPV architectural integration

Sophie Lufkin, Emmanuel Rey, Angela Clua Longas

In most European countries, new energy directives on building performance have been developed as a consequence of unsustainable greenhouse gas emissions. These norms promote active and passive energy strategies to lower the environmental impact of the buil ...

2018

Concevoir des façades actives bas carbone

Sophie Lufkin, Emmanuel Rey, Angela Clua Longas

En Suisse comme dans la plupart des pays européens, les normes de performance énergétique visant à limiter l’empreinte carbone des bâtiments deviennent de plus en plus exigeantes. Impliquant une combinaison de stratégies actives et passives, cette évolutio ...

2017

Towards advanced active façades : The development of a new construction system combining passive and active design strategies

Sophie Lufkin, Emmanuel Rey, Angela Clua Longas

In Switzerland, as in many European countries, new energy directives focus on decreasing the carbon footprint of buildings by promoting passive and active energy strategies and systems. Among the latter, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), which func ...

2017

Towards Advanced Active Façades: Analysis of façade requirements and development of an innovative construction system

Sophie Lufkin, Emmanuel Rey, Angela Clua Longas

In Switzerland, as in many European countries, new energy directives focus on decreasing the carbon footprint of buildings by promoting passive and active energy strategies. Among the latter, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), which function both as ...

2017

Towards a new prospective basis for the design strategies of active façades

Sophie Lufkin, Emmanuel Rey, Angela Clua Longas

European energy directives are becoming more demanding with regards to performance standards and technologies such as Photovoltaic (PV) are used to optimise these standards. Thanks to the energy focus, this technology is becoming more efficient and afforda ...

2016