debis Headquarters, Berlin (see detailed case studies)

Page links:
Contents | Acknowledgment | Executive summary | Background | What is HPBFs? | Overview of this website  

Contents

Note: The information on this website is completely contained in an accompanying downloadable file. Please click HERE to download an accompanying .pdf files (2.4MB).

Acknowledgments
Executive summary
Background
What is a high-performance commercial building façade?
Overview of this website

1. Technological Solutions
Solar control façades
Spectrally-selective solar control
Angular selective solar control
Solar filters
Exterior solar control
 Daylighting façades
Sunlight redirection
Sky-light redirection
Double skin façades and natural ventilation
Heat extraction double skin façades
Night-time ventilation
Mixed mode and natural ventilation
Active façade systems
Demand-responsive programs
Active load management window strategies

 

2. Design Process
Decisionmaking process
Criteria in decisionmaking
Typical scenarios and outcomes
Post-construction issues
Highlights of interviews made with architects, engineers, and owner representatives
Maurya McClintock, Ove Arup
Russell Fortmeyer and others, Ove Arup
Mark Levi, U.S. General Services Administration
Kelly Jon Andereck and Bernie Gandras, SOM
Round table at Southern California Edison
Fashion or trend?
Convincing the client
Critical needs
Workshop talks given at Southern California Edison
James Carpenter, Carpenter Norris Consulting, New York
Erin McConahey, Ove Arup and Partners, California
Kerry Hegedus, NBBJ Architects
Matthias Schuler, Transsolar Energietechnik, Stuttgart
Stephen Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

 

3. Building Performance
Overview
Design tools
Summary of tools
Building performance references
Daylighting performance
Solar control performance
Active façade performance
Double-skin façades and natural ventilation performance

 

4. Building Case Studies
Detailed Case Studies
Building Research Establishment
Debis Headquarters
Deutscher Ring
Düsseldorf Stadttor (City Gate)
Eurotheum
GSW Headquarters
Halenseestraße
Inland Revenue Centre
Islip Federal Building and Courthouse
RWE AG Headquarters
Standford Medical Center
CAN-SUVA Building
Victoria Life Insurance Buildings
Building Case Study Roster
Solar control façades
Daylighting façades
Double skin façades and natural ventilation
Active façade systems

 

5. Resources
Web links
References
Photo Credits


Question/Information: eslee@lbl.gov