Abstract: Buildings are generally affected by natural and climatic factors, and even human daily needs, and these factors are not static but dynamic, they change with time. As buildings are a major part of life, there is a need for buildings to adapt solemnly to the changing weather condition while retaining their energy efficiency and preferably attaining more energy as with without these parameters or improvements. One of the ways to make buildings to be adaptive to the current changes of the climatic conditions and human needs is to make the buildings facades dynamic as well, so as to adapt to the changing conditions, hence kinetic façade. The concept of kinetic façade consists of devices mostly that moves and change their forms by either internal computer control, sensory trigger or change due to climatic change conditions. This paper discovers the background of the kinetic façade and reveal on how kinetic facades function and how the retain the energy efficiency of their host buildings and in most cases add to the energy provision of the buildings.
Keywords: Kinetic Façade, Energy Efficiency, Kinetic Architecture, Sustainability, Climatic Factors, Building Façade.
Title: KINETIC FAÇADE AS A TOOL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Author: JAAFAR AHMAD IBRAHIM, HALIL ZAFER ALIBABA
International Journal of Engineering Research and Reviews
ISSN 2348-697X (Online)
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