Advanced Façade Design and New Metal Envelopes Towards a Net-Zero-Carbon Future
- The University of Auckland
Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 237 to 246. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_23.
Abstract
The façade is an essential component of commercial and public buildings and plays a fundamental role in their energy efficiency and on their carbon footprint. This research aimed to investigate the most recent trends in advanced façade designs that apply metal components to achieve high environmental performances and minimise environmental impacts. Goal of the research was to better understand current and future design strategies of metal facades for high-performance buildings. More than 100 precedents, built between 2015 and 2023, were examined to better understand the recent application of these materials and products in advanced façade designs. Parameters such as type of façade components, alloys, finishing, surface albedo, context etc., were taken into consideration. A literature review on environmental impacts of new metal facades and claddings was carried out to inform and validate the results of the survey on precedents. Results showed a higher incidence of aluminium over other materials. Claddings tend to be more lightweight, de-materialised, stratified and more permeable, also to reduce embodied carbon and improve acoustic performances. Solar shading is becoming a prevalent application and new smart materials offer zero-energy systems. Light albedo surfaces are preferred to reduce the urban heat island effect generated by these materials.
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Session
Presented in Track F, Friday 8 November 2024, 16:30 to 18:30, room WA 224 B, Auckland University of Technology. Session chair Dr Mani Poshdar.
How to Cite
Premier, A. (2025). Advanced Façade Design and New Metal Envelopes Towards a Net-Zero-Carbon Future. In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 237–246). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_23
About the Conference
Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.