All Outputs (6)

Beyond energy services: A multidimensional and cross-disciplinary agenda for home energy management research (2021)
Journal Article

Home Energy Management (HEM) has a significantly growing impact on strategic energy policy, digital equity, as well as housing development and transport issues. With the proliferation of home working, reliance on electricity for heating and cooling a... Read More about Beyond energy services: A multidimensional and cross-disciplinary agenda for home energy management research.

Design processes and multi-regulation of biomimetic building skins: A comparative analysis (2021)
Journal Article

Biomimetics is an opportunity for the development of energy efficient building systems. Several biomimetic building skins (Bio-BS) have been built over the past decade, however few addressed multi-regulation although the biological systems they are i... Read More about Design processes and multi-regulation of biomimetic building skins: A comparative analysis.

Textured building façades: Utilizing morphological adaptations found in nature for evaporative cooling (2021)
Journal Article

The overheating of buildings and their need for mechanical cooling is a growing issue as a result of climate change. The main aim of this paper is to examine the impact of surface texture on heat loss capabilities of concrete panels through evaporati... Read More about Textured building façades: Utilizing morphological adaptations found in nature for evaporative cooling.

Form follows environment: Biomimetic approaches to building envelope design for environmental adaptation (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 by the authors. Building envelopes represent the interface between the outdoor environment and the indoor occupied spaces. They are often considered as barriers and shields, limiting solutions that adapt to environmental changes. Nature provid... Read More about Form follows environment: Biomimetic approaches to building envelope design for environmental adaptation.

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 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.