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| Energy efficiency is coming to the forefront in the architecture, as, apart from the significance of a reduced environmental impact and increased comfort for users, the current energy crisis and economic recession has bumped up the importance of the financial cost of energy. Since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997, governments all over the world have been trying to reduce part of the CO2 emissions by tackling building ?energy inefficiency?. In Europe today, the tertiary and housing sectors account for 40.7% of the energy demand, and from 52 to 57% of this energy is spent on interior heating (Willems & Schild, 2008). The new world energy regulations, set out at the European level by the Commission of the European Communities in the First Assessment of National Energy Efficiency Action Plans as required by Directive 2006/32/EC on Energy End-Use Efficiency and Energy Services, (Commission of the European Communities, 2008) indirectly promote an increase in the thickness of outer walls, which, for centuries, have been the only way of properly insulating a building. The use of vacuum insulation panel (VIP) systems in building aims to minimize the thickness of the building?s outer skin while optimizing energy performance. The three types of vacuum chamber insulation systems (VIS) most commonly used in the construction industry today ?metallized polymer multilayer film (MLF) or aluminium laminated film, double glazing and stainless steel sheet or plate (Willems & Schild, 2006) ?, have weaknesses, such as the fragility of the outside protective skin, condensation inside the chamber, thermal bridges at the panel joints, and high cost, all of which have a bearing on on-site construction (Baetens et al., 2010). Apart from overcoming these weaknesses and being a transparent system, the new F²TE³ (free-form, transparent, energy efficient envelope) system that we propose has two added values. The first is the possibility of generating a structural skin or self-supporting façade. The second is the possibility of designing free-form architectural skins. These are research lines that the Pritzker Architecture Prize winners Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, among many other renowned architects, are now exploring and implementing. | |
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1 |
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Intech |
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ISBN
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979-953-307-643-9 |
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Título del Libro
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Effecive Thermal Insulation- The Operative Factor of a Passive Building Mode |
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