Sustainability performance by ten representative intelligent façade technologies: a systematic review
Recently, intelligent façades (IFs) have become key factors to achieve sustainable development goals in the architectural sector. Research in this area is steadily growing. However, there is lack of conclusive results in available literature about IF’s sustainability performance. Thus, this article...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/449922 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/449922 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102001 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Facades Adaptive building envelope Adaptative technologies Advanced building skins PRISMA Smart architecture Façanes Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Edificació::Elements constructius d'edificis::Elements de tancament |
| Sumario: | Recently, intelligent façades (IFs) have become key factors to achieve sustainable development goals in the architectural sector. Research in this area is steadily growing. However, there is lack of conclusive results in available literature about IF’s sustainability performance. Thus, this article aims to identify and map the economic, environmental, and social performances by IFs, in the main scientific databases through a systematic review following the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-Analyses reporting standard. This methodology has identified main search codes and more than 800 articles submitted from 2010 to 2020. The results from the literature regarding ten types of IF technologies are extracted, classified, normalized, and expressed according to previously developed 16 sustainability indicators. Results indicate that, in terms of economic and environmental dimensions, IF technologies mainly have lower performances while their performance in terms of social requirements is considerably satisfactory. This review and its subsequent conceptual framework provide an overview for IF introduction, through scientific indexes that can be useful for occupants, builders, architects, and policymakers to have a good understanding about the potential contributions IFs provide. Nevertheless, in perspectives for new IF research directions, this review suggests further explorations on cost-effective, recyclable, reusable, and flexible technologies. |
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