Outputs (17)

Light Management Lessons from Nature for Building Applications (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 The Authors. The increasing environmental awareness in the building context has raised the demands towards more efficient use of resources and the development of renewable energy solutions. Buildings are exposed to solar radiation at different... Read More about Light Management Lessons from Nature for Building Applications.

Morphological configurations inspired by nature for thermal insulation materials (2015)
Journal Article

Cooling and heating of buildings account for a significant part of the global energy consumption, where different insulation materials are applied for energy conservation. With the increasing need to reduce energy demands, developing new energy effic... Read More about Morphological configurations inspired by nature for thermal insulation materials.

A Biophysical Framework of Heat Regulation Strategies for the Design of Biomimetic Building Envelopes (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Efficient thermoregulation solutions can be extracted from strategies found in nature. Living organisms maintain body temperature in very narrow ranges in order to survive. Organisms have adopted physiol... Read More about A Biophysical Framework of Heat Regulation Strategies for the Design of Biomimetic Building Envelopes.

A methodology for the generation of biomimetic design concepts (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. Systems found in nature provide a large database of strategies and mechanisms that can be implemented in biomimetic designs. Although several biomimetic design strategies are currently available, the generation of a success... Read More about A methodology for the generation of biomimetic design concepts.

Towards the LIVING Envelope: Biomimetics for building envelope adaptation (2012)
Thesis

Several biomimetic design strategies are available for various applications, though the research on biomimetics as a design tool in architecture is still challenging. This is due to a lack of systematic design tools required for identifying relevant... Read More about Towards the LIVING Envelope: Biomimetics for building envelope adaptation.

Solutions from nature for building envelope thermoregulation
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The building envelope has to maintain a thermal comfort for the occupants. Current technologies for buildings consider the envelope as a thermal barrier or a shield that has to be insulated to prevent heat loss and allow it to be open to dissipate he... Read More about Solutions from nature for building envelope thermoregulation.

Organizational features in leaves for application in shading systems for building envelopes
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Main principles and methods for sunlight tracking in leaves are presented for possible application in shading systems. Plants have developed unique mechanisms for specific climates and locations, where they can determine the amount of exposure for ef... Read More about Organizational features in leaves for application in shading systems for building envelopes.