


This paper presents a building performance simulation results performed to evaluate the potential of using the adaptive façade (AF) concept, in the reduction of energy loads, in a semi arid climate, Within (Pleiades+comfie) simulation software. Adaptive Buildings, called intelligent buildings, represent a relevant opportunity to reduce the energy loads while improving the environmental quality. The need for adaptive buildings to their environment has long been subject to a number of research projects. Nowadays, energy performance of building deserves big attention, especially its envelop.

These façades change continuously each day, each hour shows a new “face” - the fa-çade is turning into a dynamic sculpture.Reductions in building energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions are two of the most crucial challenges facing the building industry. Thus it is possible to realise these new transparent façades and yet still maintain a cosy at-mosphere in the rooms. Of course they can also be controlled by optimising programs if users are not present in the rooms behind. At the same time, individual requirements escalate and need to be reconciled with the desire for comfort.įor this reason we have been working for some time with dynamic façades that can be adapted individually to changing conditions and needs. Today it is possible that the complete exterior façade is transparent, and this very transparency indicates a modern character. With the introduction of window strips, these hierarchies were abandoned. how many for a director or high-ranking counsellor and how many for a mere civil servant. Not long ago office buildings had a clear structure and the number of axes was prede-termined - e.g. The structure of the façade also determined the ground plan the greater the number of window axes in a room, the more important the function of the user. They often featured surface relief with architectural elements from the relevant period or style. In earlier times, façades were characterised by window arrangements and axes.
