In recent years, energy consumption for cooling buildings has become a real concern, particularly regarding the availability of electricity during high load hours. There is a growing sensitivity in architecture for approaches that respect the environment and pursue energy efficiency. Ventilation, like other passive cooling solutions, involves conceptualizing a building as a body able to both recognize and metabolize the resources of its environment. In this context, the role of technology is no longer a "value added" to architecture, but a tool integrated with it. For these reasons, my study and research efforts have been focused mainly on the development of sustainable technologies. The intention is to exploit the natural elements of a site: sun, soil and, particularly, air. Thus, the design of the building is done in steps, starting with the choice of exposure and then moving on to the shape, the study of shielding systems, and the observation of greenery outside. The goal of optimal wellness is to locate buildings in a manner that does not adversely affect the potential use of climatic resources and to position individual buildings so as to maximize the use of winds while maintaining consistent configuration of shape and geometry. Graphics were produced to conclude the study design and to demonstrate CO2 reduction.

In recent years, energy consumption for cooling buildings has become a real concern, particularly regarding the availability of electricity during high load hours. There is a growing sensitivity in architecture for approaches that respect the environment and pursue energy efficiency. Ventilation, like other passive cooling solutions, involves conceptualizing a building as a body able to both recognize and metabolize the resources of its environment. In this context, the role of technology is no longer a “value added” to architecture, but a tool integrated with it. For these reasons, my study and research efforts have been focused mainly on the development of sustainable technologies. The intention is to exploit the natural elements of a site: sun, soil and, particularly, air. Thus, the design of the building is done in steps, starting with the choice of exposure and then moving on to the shape, the study of shielding systems, and the observation of greenery outside. The goal of optimal wellness is to locate buildings in a manner that does not adversely affect the potential use of climatic resources and maintaining consistent configuration of shape and geometry.

Sustainable solutions for spa design, Dubai, United Arabic Emirates: building envelope optimization and impact energy evaluation / Clemente, Carola; Cumo, Fabrizio; Piras, Giuseppe; Tanzj, D.. - STAMPA. - 128:(2010), pp. 281-295. (Intervento presentato al convegno Eco-Architecture 2010 tenutosi a La Coruña, Spain nel 12 - 14 April 2010) [10.2495/ARC100241].

Sustainable solutions for spa design, Dubai, United Arabic Emirates: building envelope optimization and impact energy evaluation

CLEMENTE, Carola;CUMO, Fabrizio;PIRAS, GIUSEPPE;
2010

Abstract

In recent years, energy consumption for cooling buildings has become a real concern, particularly regarding the availability of electricity during high load hours. There is a growing sensitivity in architecture for approaches that respect the environment and pursue energy efficiency. Ventilation, like other passive cooling solutions, involves conceptualizing a building as a body able to both recognize and metabolize the resources of its environment. In this context, the role of technology is no longer a "value added" to architecture, but a tool integrated with it. For these reasons, my study and research efforts have been focused mainly on the development of sustainable technologies. The intention is to exploit the natural elements of a site: sun, soil and, particularly, air. Thus, the design of the building is done in steps, starting with the choice of exposure and then moving on to the shape, the study of shielding systems, and the observation of greenery outside. The goal of optimal wellness is to locate buildings in a manner that does not adversely affect the potential use of climatic resources and to position individual buildings so as to maximize the use of winds while maintaining consistent configuration of shape and geometry. Graphics were produced to conclude the study design and to demonstrate CO2 reduction.
2010
Eco-Architecture 2010
In recent years, energy consumption for cooling buildings has become a real concern, particularly regarding the availability of electricity during high load hours. There is a growing sensitivity in architecture for approaches that respect the environment and pursue energy efficiency. Ventilation, like other passive cooling solutions, involves conceptualizing a building as a body able to both recognize and metabolize the resources of its environment. In this context, the role of technology is no longer a “value added” to architecture, but a tool integrated with it. For these reasons, my study and research efforts have been focused mainly on the development of sustainable technologies. The intention is to exploit the natural elements of a site: sun, soil and, particularly, air. Thus, the design of the building is done in steps, starting with the choice of exposure and then moving on to the shape, the study of shielding systems, and the observation of greenery outside. The goal of optimal wellness is to locate buildings in a manner that does not adversely affect the potential use of climatic resources and maintaining consistent configuration of shape and geometry.
energy efficiency; solar control; sustainable technologies
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Sustainable solutions for spa design, Dubai, United Arabic Emirates: building envelope optimization and impact energy evaluation / Clemente, Carola; Cumo, Fabrizio; Piras, Giuseppe; Tanzj, D.. - STAMPA. - 128:(2010), pp. 281-295. (Intervento presentato al convegno Eco-Architecture 2010 tenutosi a La Coruña, Spain nel 12 - 14 April 2010) [10.2495/ARC100241].
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