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Smart buildings : advanced materials and nanotechnology to improve energy-efficiency and environmental performance /

Casini, Marco,

Smart buildings : advanced materials and nanotechnology to improve energy-efficiency and environmental performance / Marco Casini. - Amsterdam : Elsevier : Woodhead Pub Ltd, 2016. - xx, 363 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. - Woodhead publishing series in civil and structural engineering ; number 69 . - Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering ; no. 69. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Smart buildings -- Designing the third millennium's buildings -- Buildings as a key part of the energy and environmental system -- Smart, sustainable, and inclusive buildings -- Zero-energy buildings -- Green buildings -- Smart buildings -- Conclusions and future trends -- References -- Advanced materials for architecture -- Building materials classification -- Nanotechnology -- Smart materials -- 3D printing for architecture -- Conclusions and future trends -- References -- Smart insulation -- Building insulating materials -- Heat transfer physics -- Classification and thermal properties -- Functional model and building facade applications -- Conclusions and future trends -- References -- Advanced insulating materials -- Nanoporous insulating materials: aerogels -- Vacuum insulating panels -- Biobased insulating materials -- Transparent insulating materials -- Conclusions and future trends -- References -- Phase-change materials -- Thermal mass and latent heat storage -- Classification and technical specifications -- Packaging and encapsulation methods -- Functional model and building design -- Building applications and products -- Conclusions and future trends -- References -- Advanced building skin -- Cool roofs -- Green walls -- Environment-adaptive skin facades -- Conclusions and future trends -- References -- Smart windows -- Advanced insulation glazing -- Advanced low-emission glazing -- Suspended film glazing -- Vacuum insulating glass -- Monolithic aerogel insulating glazing -- Advanced window frames -- Glazed double-skin facades -- Heating glazing -- Fire-resistant glazing -- ETFE transparent closures -- Conclusions and future development -- References -- Light and solar control glazing and systems -- Antireflective glazing -- Self-cleaning glazing -- Light-redirection and optical systems -- Static solar protection glazing -- Advanced shading systems -- Conclusions and future development -- References -- Dynamic glazing -- Passive dynamic glazing -- Active dynamic glazing -- Conclusions and future trends -- References -- Energy-generating glazing -- Advanced photovoltaic glazing -- Bioadaptive glazing -- Conclusions and future trends -- References. pt. One 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. 1.5. 1.6. 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. pt. Two 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 4.5. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 5.6. 6. 6.1. 6.2. 6.3. 6.4. pt. Three 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. 7.4. 7.5. 7.6. 7.7. 7.8. 7.9. 7.10. 8. 8.1. 8.2. 8.3. 8.4. 8.5. 8.6. 9. 9.1. 9.2. 9.3. 10. 10.1. 10.2. 10.3.

9780081009727 0081009720

2016930213


Building materials--Environmental aspects.
Building materials--Environmental aspects.

TD196.B85 / C37 2016

624.1/8
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