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Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Fadl SaadiARPA-E Fellow

March 1, 2017

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We modify building envelopes all the time…

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

…but we (usually) don’t integrate the components

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Silvia Razgova / The National

…but we (usually) don’t integrate the components

Ways in which envelope technologies can manipulate energy flow

Transparency Thermal Storage

Heat Flux Ventilation

Control

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Ways in which envelope technologies can manipulate energy

Transparency

AP

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Ways in which envelope technologies can manipulate energy

Thermal Storage

MikroCaps

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Ways in which envelope technologies can manipulate energy

Heat Flux

EnergyFlo

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Ways in which envelope technologies can manipulate energy

Ventilation

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Ways in which envelope technologies can manipulate energy

Control

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Recent examples of systems integration

GlassX AG

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Recent examples of systems integration

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Rubitherm Technologies GmbH

Envisioning a truly integrated system

Ventilation

Transparency Thermal Storage

Heat Flux

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Envisioning a truly integrated system

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies

Envisioning a truly integrated system

Which technologies are best suited?

What response times are necessary?

What kind of control systems? Sensors?

Fadl Saadi

fadl.saadi@hq.doe.gov

Smarter Structures: Synchronizing Building Envelope Technologies