Civil Engineering & Steel Structures

Biography

Biography: David Fabie

Abstract

Facade design is esential to high energetic performance and sustainable buildings. On the other hand, facade components are becoming quite complex and heterogenic elements with variable durability  and CO2 impact on the environment ; and at the scale of a building, façade durability can determine the duration between two successive refurbishments. This presentation first recalls the main energetic principles concerning facade design, showing how technologies have reached reasonably good performances. Recent facade designs are very often energy-driven. On a second part, the presentation deals with carbon engineering and low-carbon strategies for facades, which is a relatively new input in facade design. Eventually, the question of a good balance in the energy and carbon driven design is explored, as a way to go towards more sustainable and low carbon designs.