Research

 

 

DOUBLE SKIN

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

The facade governs the interaction between the building's internal environment and the external climatic forces.

The environmental second skin facade is able to delivery high levels of occupant comfort in an energy efficient fashion due to its ability to respond to the changes in the external environment provides occupant comfort.

In this section, the components and devices which constitute the environmental second skin facade are identified and their role in delivery comfort is discussed.

Comfort is a complex balance of four key criteria

LIGHT - visual environment
HEAT - thermal environment
NOISE - acoustic environment
SMELL - air quality