Materials for Sustainable Building – Page 12

Clean Building Technologies in Architecture

Attmann O., University of Colorado at Denver, US

This paper presents an overview of clean building technologies, their use in architecture, and introduces an ongoing research project about the development of a green-wall system incorporating these technologies. In our research project, we introduce [...]

Optimizing HVAC Energy Efficiency Performance by Innovative Technologies

Xin D., Bes-Tech, US

The presentation will examine all aspects of continuous commissioning and TPOR technologies for mainly existing buildings, including: history, process, typical costs and savings, and cases studies as well as measurement and verification. The presentation will [...]

New Insulation Technology for the 21st Century

Morgan S., Smith R., Cormier R., Proactive Technology, US

Back in 1945, Everett Shuman promoted R-value as a standardized way to measure a material’s resistance to heat transfer. But R-values can only be achieved in laboratory conditions where there is no wind, no moisture [...]

Waste Heat Recovery Power Generation with WOWGen®

Romero M., WOW Energies, US

WOW Energy has developed two unique technologies: WOWGen® and WOWClean® as part of its commitment to meeting the world’s energy and environmental challenges WOWGen® is our patented process for generating power from waste heat sources. [...]

Influence of pigments on the photoactivity of TiO2-containing colored mortars compared with white mortars and sol-gel TiO2 application route

Diamanti M.V., Del Curto B., Ormellese M., Pedeferri MP., Politecnico di Milano, IT

In previous works, TiO2-containing commercial mortars were proved to show photoactivated properties due to the well-known semiconducting structure of titanium dioxide in anatase form. Anatase was added to white mortars in form of suspension or [...]

Tailored nanoscaled TiO2 dispersions for photocatalytic applications

Pilotek S., Tabellion F., Gossmann K., Buhler Inc., US

The use of the photocatalytic activity of nanoscaled anatase particles is intriguing. Whereas the effect has been known for a long time it is still a challenge to make the effect useful in everyday applications. [...]

Sustainable Facility Solutions beyond LEED

von Below D., Ostafi J., Flad Architects, US

Flad Architects, one of the world’s leading renewable energy research design practices, is currently designing a preeminent renewable energy laboratory in the tropics. Operating research and development laboratories in an equatorial environment poses extraordinary energy [...]

Green Building and Construction

The Role of Private Capital in Emerging Building Technologies

Singer A., Living Space Labs, US

With buildings consuming 48% of all energy generated in the United States alone, “arch-tech” is the next frontier for addressing two of the planet’s most critical future challenges - energy consumption and global climate change. [...]

Industrial Application of Total Performance Oriented Retro-Commissioning

Xin D., Liu G., Gunawan S., Bes-Tech, US

Building commissioning has emerged as the preferred method of ensuring that building systems are installed and operated to provide the performance envisioned by the designer. However, Continuous Commissioning (CC) focuses on improving overall system control [...]