All Outputs (26)

Biomimetic design of building facades: An evolutionary-based computational approach inspired by elephant skin for cooling in hot and humid climates (2024)
Journal Article
Hays, N., Badarnah, L., & Jain, A. (2024). Biomimetic design of building facades: An evolutionary-based computational approach inspired by elephant skin for cooling in hot and humid climates. Frontiers in Built Environment, 10, Article 1309621. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2024.1309621

The built environment faces significant challenges in managing energy demands amidst rising temperatures and increasing concerns linked to climate change. Meeting carbon emissions targets and resource management goals necessitates urgent innovation i... Read More about Biomimetic design of building facades: An evolutionary-based computational approach inspired by elephant skin for cooling in hot and humid climates.

From Flora to Solar Adaptive Facades: Integrating Plant-Inspired Design with Photovoltaic Technologies (2024)
Journal Article
Jalali, S., Nicoletti, E., & Badarnah, L. (2024). From Flora to Solar Adaptive Facades: Integrating Plant-Inspired Design with Photovoltaic Technologies. Sustainability, 16(3), Article 1145. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031145

Recognizing the significance of solar energy as a vital renewable energy source in building envelope design is becoming more and more important and needs urgent attention. Exploring solar adaptation strategies found in plants offers a wide range of e... Read More about From Flora to Solar Adaptive Facades: Integrating Plant-Inspired Design with Photovoltaic Technologies.

Amphibious architecture: A biomimetic design approach to flood resilience (2024)
Journal Article
Ameh, H., Badarnah, L., & Lamond, J. (2024). Amphibious architecture: A biomimetic design approach to flood resilience. Sustainability, 16(3), Article 1069. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031069

Amphibious buildings use the buoyancy principle in the design of their foundation systems to mitigate flood impact. In some cases, amphibious buildings are fitted with mechanical systems that further aid the buoyancy element to temporarily raise the... Read More about Amphibious architecture: A biomimetic design approach to flood resilience.

The potential of co-designing with living organisms: Towards a new ecological paradigm in architecture (2024)
Journal Article
Chayaamor-Heil, N., Houette, T., Demirci, Ö., & Badarnah, L. (2024). The potential of co-designing with living organisms: Towards a new ecological paradigm in architecture. Sustainability, 16(2), Article 673. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020673

Living organisms have been progressively used by designers to propose alternative design outcomes aiming towards more ecological aspects. The design development and manufacturing of new materials or design components from living organisms are more ac... Read More about The potential of co-designing with living organisms: Towards a new ecological paradigm in architecture.

Light-responsive kinetic façade system inspired by the Gazania flower: A biomimetic approach in parametric design for daylighting (2023)
Journal Article
Sommese, F., Hosseini, S. M., Badarnah, L., Capozzi, F., Giordano, S., Ambrogi, V., & Ausiello, G. (2024). Light-responsive kinetic façade system inspired by the Gazania flower: A biomimetic approach in parametric design for daylighting. Building and Environment, 247, Article 111052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.111052

Through a multidisciplinary approach, this research proposes a design solution for a light-responsive kinetic biomimetic system, inspired by the functional principles of the Gazania flower. The adaptive movements of the Gazania flower were studied th... Read More about Light-responsive kinetic façade system inspired by the Gazania flower: A biomimetic approach in parametric design for daylighting.

Inspiration from animal's collective behavior for home energy demand management (2023)
Journal Article
Badarnah, L., Barakat, M., & Oliveira, S. (2023). Inspiration from animal's collective behavior for home energy demand management. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2600/2/022013

An interdisciplinary approach towards managing energy demand through users' behavior is discussed, drawing on knowledge from studies on collective behavior in nature. Studies on home energy demand management have focused mainly on social, technical a... Read More about Inspiration from animal's collective behavior for home energy demand management.

Smart materials for biomimetic building envelopes: Current trends and potential applications (2023)
Journal Article
Sommese, F., Badarnah, L., & Ausiello, G. (2023). Smart materials for biomimetic building envelopes: Current trends and potential applications. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 188, Article 113847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113847

To reduce the energy consumption of buildings and limit their impact on the environment, greater attention has been paid, in recent years, to adaptive building envelopes technologies. Combining the dual function of sensors and actuators, smart materi... Read More about Smart materials for biomimetic building envelopes: Current trends and potential applications.

Potential applications of photovoltaic technologies for biomimetic adaptive solar building envelopes (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Jalali, S., Nicoletti, E., & Badarnah, L. (in press). Potential applications of photovoltaic technologies for biomimetic adaptive solar building envelopes.

Building envelope as an interface between the outside and inside of the building serves more than its loadbearing function and has a pivotal role in regulating and saving energy. This role necessitates the adaptability of the building envelope to the... Read More about Potential applications of photovoltaic technologies for biomimetic adaptive solar building envelopes.

From individuals to collectives in energy systems - A social practice, identity and rhythm inspired lens (2023)
Journal Article
Oliveira, S., Chatzimichali, A., Atkins, E., Badarnah, L., & Moghaddam, F. B. (2023). From individuals to collectives in energy systems - A social practice, identity and rhythm inspired lens. Energy Research and Social Science, 105, Article 103279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103279

The need for socially smart energy systems that incorporate both individual and collective social, spatial, and technical dimensions is increasing. However, the social, spatial, and technical interplay between individual and collective scales has bee... Read More about From individuals to collectives in energy systems - A social practice, identity and rhythm inspired lens.

A critical review of biomimetic building envelopes: Towards a bio-adaptive model from nature to architecture (2022)
Journal Article
Sommese, F., Badarnah, L., & Ausiello, G. (2022). A critical review of biomimetic building envelopes: Towards a bio-adaptive model from nature to architecture. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 169, 112850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.112850

The building envelope has an important role in regulating the energy exchanges between the internal and external environment. In recent years, various studies on technological solutions for responsive and intelligent envelopes have been carried out.... Read More about A critical review of biomimetic building envelopes: Towards a bio-adaptive model from nature to architecture.

Design lessons from plants for adaptive solar skins (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Jalali, S., Davies, A., Badarnah, L., & Nicoletti, E. (2022, August). Design lessons from plants for adaptive solar skins. Paper presented at SEEDS Conference 2022 (International Conference for Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society), University of the West of England, Bristol and online

Several systems have been developed to enhance buildings’ environmental performance towards reducing their operational energy demand. However, there is still potential for improving methods for responsively controlling daylight and solar gain while f... Read More about Design lessons from plants for adaptive solar skins.

Amphibious architecture: A review of the construction methods adopted in existing designs (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Ameh, H., Lamond, J., & Badarnah, L. (2022, August). Amphibious architecture: A review of the construction methods adopted in existing designs. Paper presented at SEEDS Conference 2022 (International Conference for Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society), University of the West of England, Bristol and online

Effective flood mitigation strategies at individual property level can be designed to limit damage and facilitate recovery by limiting water entry or enabling entry into occupied spaces in a controlled manner. Ideally these strategies will be robust... Read More about Amphibious architecture: A review of the construction methods adopted in existing designs.

Morphological differentiation for the environmental adaptation of biomimetic buildings: Skins, surfaces, and structures (2022)
Book Chapter
Badarnah, L., & Zolotovsky, K. (2022). Morphological differentiation for the environmental adaptation of biomimetic buildings: Skins, surfaces, and structures. In Biomimicry for Materials, Design and Habitats: Innovations and Applications (439-466). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821053-6.00007-2

Morphology and form are the most common traits to be transferred from natural systems into architecture. However, such traits have seldom retained any environmental adaptation strategy of the imitated systems from nature, and therefore hardly represe... Read More about Morphological differentiation for the environmental adaptation of biomimetic buildings: Skins, surfaces, and structures.

Beyond energy services: A multidimensional and cross-disciplinary agenda for home energy management research (2021)
Journal Article
Oliveira, S., Badarnah, L., Barakat, M., Chatzimichali, A., & Atkins, E. (2022). Beyond energy services: A multidimensional and cross-disciplinary agenda for home energy management research. Energy Research and Social Science, 85, 102347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102347

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
Cruz, E., Hubert, T., Chancoco, G., Naim, O., Chayaamor-Heil, N., Cornette, R., …Aujard, F. (2021). Design processes and multi-regulation of biomimetic building skins: A comparative analysis. Energy and Buildings, 246, Article 111034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2021.111034

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
Peeks, M., & Badarnah, L. (2021). Textured building façades: Utilizing morphological adaptations found in nature for evaporative cooling. Biomimetics, 6(2), Article 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics6020024

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.

Environmental adaptation of buildings through morphological differentiation: A biomimetic approach (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Badarnah, L. (2018). Environmental adaptation of buildings through morphological differentiation: A biomimetic approach.

Morphology and form are most common traits to be transferred from natural systems into architecture. However, such traits seldom retain any function of the imitated systems from nature, and therefore hardly represent a successful biomimetic design. T... Read More about Environmental adaptation of buildings through morphological differentiation: A biomimetic approach.

Form follows environment: Biomimetic approaches to building envelope design for environmental adaptation (2017)
Journal Article
Badarnah, L. (2017). Form follows environment: Biomimetic approaches to building envelope design for environmental adaptation. Buildings, 7(2), 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings7020040

© 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.

Water Management Lessons from Nature for Applications to Buildings (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Badarnah, L. (2016). Water Management Lessons from Nature for Applications to Buildings. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.180

© 2016 The Authors. Water management and regulation in buildings have been facing real challenges with the increasing environmental awareness during the last decades. Current concerns of shortage in water resources increase the demands to enhance wat... Read More about Water Management Lessons from Nature for Applications to Buildings.

Light Management Lessons from Nature for Building Applications (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Badarnah, L. (2016). Light Management Lessons from Nature for Building Applications. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.049

© 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.