Adaptive Facades and Smart Building Skins for Energy Efficiency: A Study for Materials Performance and Sustainable Design Processes

The building aesthetic values known as facades which is a material treatment and known as one of the most challenging components of building. It also controls the indoor heating and cooling of building in the tropical climate areas and areas where temperature is below than 0°C. In hot climate areas, during summer season temperature reaches about 40°C -60°C. A well designed exterior of building reduces heat absorption up to 50-60%. This research helps to improve thermal performance and reduce necessity to use artificial light in building during daytime. Natural air circulation in buildings play key role in thermal performance and reduces reliance on artificial cooling at daytime and at nighttime. Bricks and concrete blocks made with local materials like industrial waste are atmosphere friendly to reduce carbon footprints. With proper texture of bricks and concrete blocks almost reflects 50% of sunlight. The sustainability design of buildings is suitable for tropical regions. Simultaneously, four different parametric building models have been developed in Revit, two for hot and two for cold climates, incorporating other advanced passive design strategies such as optimized orientation, thermal mass integration, and adaptive insulation techniques helps us to analyses the results of better performance. The results of this study offer keen observation for professionals who want to enhance the performance of the sustainable structure design process.