Nano and Biotech Based Materials for Energy Building Efficiency
This book presents the current state of knowledge on nanomaterials and their use in buildings, ranging from glazing and vacuum insulation to PCM composites. It also discusses recent applications in organic photovoltaics, photo-bioreactors, bioplastics and
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Biotech Based Materials for Energy Building Efficiency
Nano and Biotech Based Materials for Energy Building Efficiency
F. Pacheco Torgal Cinzia Buratti Siva Kalaiselvam Claes-Göran Granqvist Volodymyr Ivanov •
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Nano and Biotech Based Materials for Energy Building Efficiency
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Editors F. Pacheco Torgal University of Minho Guimaraães Portugal
Claes-Göran Granqvist Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden Volodymyr Ivanov School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore Singapore
Cinzia Buratti Department of Engineering University of Perugia Perugia Italy Siva Kalaiselvam Department of Applied Science Anna University Chennai India
ISBN 978-3-319-27503-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-27505-5
ISBN 978-3-319-27505-5
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Foreword
No one doubts the need to reduce energy consumption in buildings but at the same time ensuring they are healthy for their occupiers. The passive features such as mass, orientation, building form are well-known natural means of controlling the internal thermal conditions. But materials and the ways they are chosen and arranged are vital for low-energy building design. Innovation however can enable materials whether new or traditional ones to perform more effectively in respect of energy consumption and this is the essence of this book. Today, we see on the one hand architects using simple materials such as straw bales, hemp, rammed earth, wood and bamboo but on the other hand others are exploring ways of using materials like titanium, digital embedded structures and nature-inspired biomimetic materials. As insulation improves, operational energy decreases and this means embodied energy is playing an increasi
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