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SUMMARY:"Adaptive facades: Uniting the benefits of passive designs with th
 e flexibility of active technologies"
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DESCRIPTION:Roel LOONEN\nThis presentation deals with adaptive facades. We
  all know some examples in iconic buildings\, but we also know that their 
 application in the current building stock is very limited. Nevertheless\, 
 the literature abounds with studies that show how various adaptive façade
  technologies can improve thermal and visual comfort conditions\, while pr
 oviding energy-saving opportunities. There is currently a gap between (i) 
 this type of “potential studies”\, (ii) product development activities
 \, and (iii) design decision-making in the building industry. This present
 ation is positioned at the interface between these three fields\, and will
  present an overview of both experimental (user interaction) and simulatio
 n-based research findings\, conducted in the Building Physics and Services
  Unit at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)\, The Netherlands.\nRoe
 l Loonen is doctoral researcher\, and will soon defend his PhD thesis\, in
  the group of prof. Jan Hensen at TU/e. His research focuses on dynamic bu
 ilding envelopes\, and how they can help transform the built environment t
 owards more energy efficiency with better indoor environmental quality. In
  this project\, he has developed a simulation and optimization framework t
 hat enables performance prediction of buildings with time-varying characte
 ristics. These simulations are used to identify high-potential future faca
 de concepts. At the same time\, he is actively involved in the research an
 d development process of a number of innovative building envelope technolo
 gies.\nThe axis Integrated Design\, Architecture and Sustainability (IDEAS
 ) is a joint initiative of both the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Perfor
 mance-Integrated Design (LIPID) and Laboratory of Architecture and Sustain
 able Technologies (LAST) of the ENAC School at EPFL. It aims to address an
  increased integration of the various issues related to sustainable archit
 ecture within the framework of the Master Cycle in Architecture\, Civil an
 d Environmental Engineering\, as well as the Doctoral program Architecture
  & Science of the city (EDAR).\nA light lunch will be served during the pr
 esentation. For logistic aspects\, please let Joëlle Eaves know of your p
 articipation before Tuesday 03 November noon.
LOCATION:Espace IDEAS http://plan.epfl.ch/?zoom=19&recenter_y=5864372.2808
 2&recenter_x=731067.02936&layerNodes=fonds\,batiments\,labels\,information
 \,parkings_publics\,arrets_metro\,transports_publics&floor=0&q=espace_idea
 s
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