Publication
The Use of Variable Stiffness Joints in Adaptive Structures
Publications associées (34)
A modelling framework for modern heritage buildings energy simulation
Franz Graf, Giulia Marino, Giuseppe Galbiati
The latest European polices highlight the urgent need to rehabilitate the existing building stock, responsible for 40 % of the EU's total energy consumption. In this process, a key role is played by thermal simulations, assessing the effective energy perfo ...
Amsterdam2023Preserving suspended structures with light façades (1960-1980).Architectural study and retrofitting proposals
Nowadays, the energy efficiency of the existing building stock is internationally accepted as a topical issue. Energy retrofitting is encouraged, improving the thermal performances of buildings, but often altering the historical image of our cities. Attent ...
EPFL2023Building ventilation and outdoor air pollution: Implications for health, comfort and energy
As humans spend most of their time indoors, indoor air quality (IAQ) significantly impacts their health. In parallel, building ventilation consumes significant energy, contributing to climate change. However, the relationships between the building ventilat ...
EPFL2023Vegetation effects on climate and building energy demand in cities
Jian Wang, Gabriele Manoli, Paolo Burlando
Excessive heat in cities exacerbated by urban heat islands can negatively impact human health, building energy consumption, and urban ecosystems. Increasing urban greenery has often been proposed as an attractive mitigation strategy as vegetation can reduc ...
2023Combining thermal insulation and mobile communication in buildings: influence of laser-treated glazing on microwave propagation
Josef Andreas Schuler, Luc Burnier, Jérémy Jacques Antonin Fleury, Héloïse Ludivine Delaporte
With the purpose of reducing the heating energy in buildings, it is common practice to install energy-efficient windows to increase the thermal insulation of a façade. These insulating glass units (IGIJ) include a thin silver coating acting as an infrared ...
IOP2022Design of adaptive structures through energy minimization: extension to tensegrity
This paper gives a new formulation to design adaptive structures through total energy optimization (TEO). This methodology enables the design of truss as well as tensegrity configurations that are equipped with linear actuators to counteract the effect of ...
2021Data-driven simulation of room-level building energy consumption
Andrew James Sonta, Yanchen Liu
Building energy consumption comprises a highly complex set of dynamics that critically depend on the behavior of building occupants. A key area of ongoing research is the simulation of energy consumption for evaluation of occupant-centric building design o ...
2021Shape changes through geometric nonlinear control as a strategy for structural adaptation
Adaptive structures modify their geometry and internal forces through sensing and mechanical actuation in order to maintain optimal performance under changing actions. Previous work has shown that well-conceived adaptive design strategies achieve substanti ...
EPFL2020Energy renovation of the built heritage housing based on the living building challenge certification. Case study in Bresca (Spain)
In light of increasing sustainability requirements, one of the challenges related to the heritage building stock consists in finding a balance between preserving the existing architectural character and improving energy efficiency. The project presented in ...
2020Do energy performance certificates allow reliable predictions of actual energy consumption and savings? Learning from the Swiss national database
Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Stefano Cozza, Arno Schlueter
The thermal performance gap in buildings is defined as the difference between the theoretical and the actual energy consumption for heating, and is known to undermine energy retrofit strategies and policies. This study examines the performance gap in retro ...
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2020