The proper choice of building envelope material may optimize building energy efficiency and indoor–outdoor comfort conditions in the built environment, together with its environmental sustainability. Therefore, a deep and multidisciplinary understanding of building envelopes and the new potentialities associated to building materials is needed in order to design green and smart constructions. In this perspective, the present chapter concerns, firstly, basics of building physics about hygro-thermal, acoustics, and lighting performance of the built environment. Then the main building material properties and the key traditional and innovative typologies are assessed with a specific focus on energy efficiency and environmental sustainability targets.
Novel Building Materials
Claudia Fabiani;Anna Laura Pisello;
2018
Abstract
The proper choice of building envelope material may optimize building energy efficiency and indoor–outdoor comfort conditions in the built environment, together with its environmental sustainability. Therefore, a deep and multidisciplinary understanding of building envelopes and the new potentialities associated to building materials is needed in order to design green and smart constructions. In this perspective, the present chapter concerns, firstly, basics of building physics about hygro-thermal, acoustics, and lighting performance of the built environment. Then the main building material properties and the key traditional and innovative typologies are assessed with a specific focus on energy efficiency and environmental sustainability targets.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
