Advanced Building Envelope Components

1. Transparent Envelope Components
1.1 Introduction: towards intelligent kinetic skins
1.2. Glass
1.2.1. low-e coatings: high vs low silver content
1.2.2 solar control coatings: Silver vs Niobium vs tin
1.2.3 self cleaning coatings
1.2.4. insulated unit glass vs double skin
1.2.5. aerogel vs transparent
1.3. Shadings
1.3.1 Slat inclination: 20_, 45_, 60_, 90 angles
1.3.2 Slats materials: aluminum vs wood
1.3.2 Slats vertical spacing/width: 5–5 cm, 8.5–8.5 cm, 20–15 cm.
1.4. Window openings
1.4.1. free user openings vs domotic control
1.5 Frames
1.5.1. aerogel within the cavity vs traditional frame
1.6. Structural adesives
1.6.1. Two epoxy, one acrylic, one methacrylate and two polyurethane

2. Opaque Envelope Components
2.1. Introduction: towards Climative Adaptive building Shells
2.2. External side
2.2.1 Three opaque dynamic facades
2.2.2 Four earthern plasters
2.2.3 Four nanotecnology surface treatments
2.3. Internal side
2.3.1 Clay lining vs plasterboard
2.3.2 Brick vs insulation+brick
2.4. Envelope core
2.4.1 Nanoclayed foams
2.4.2 Foams with carbon nanofibers

3. An Important Factor to Consider when Comparing Components: The Occupant's Behaviour
3.1. Introduction: towards users' inclusion in energy (retrofit) strategies
3.2 Passive vs active users

4. Experimental Methods
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Experimental methods in laboratory
4.3. Experimental methods on-site
4.4. Mock-up