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Ideas for Improved Energy Saving Constructions for Windows
The adaptation of existing buildings is a key aspect of future-oriented building as utilising so-called grey energy for as long as possible contributes significantly to sustainable construction. This article considers why building envelopes are particularly important nowadays and focuses on the weakest point of a design that frequently occurs: the windows in punctuated facades of existing buildings. These often remain a weak point even following the energy-conserving renovation of a building, particularly the connection to the window reveal. This article demonstrates a major opportunity for improving this situation, namely by using a modern adaptation of the outer windows found in older buildings in certain regions of the German-speaking area. Precisely how this historical example can be adapted to modern window construction will be explained in principle and by example.
Ideas for Improved Energy Saving Constructions for Windows
The adaptation of existing buildings is a key aspect of future-oriented building as utilising so-called grey energy for as long as possible contributes significantly to sustainable construction. This article considers why building envelopes are particularly important nowadays and focuses on the weakest point of a design that frequently occurs: the windows in punctuated facades of existing buildings. These often remain a weak point even following the energy-conserving renovation of a building, particularly the connection to the window reveal. This article demonstrates a major opportunity for improving this situation, namely by using a modern adaptation of the outer windows found in older buildings in certain regions of the German-speaking area. Precisely how this historical example can be adapted to modern window construction will be explained in principle and by example.
Ideas for Improved Energy Saving Constructions for Windows
Environ Sci Eng
Mendonça, Paulo (editor) / Estevez, Alberto T. (editor) / Chang, Yuan (editor) / Reuther, Iris M. (author)
International Conference on Green Building ; 2023 ; Stockholm, Sweden
2023-10-18
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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