European Cities are strongly affected by the Urban Heat Island effect and Climate change
impacts in recent and future summer periods. As such, the integration of passive cooling strategies is of
increasing importance for the overall AEC (Architecture-Engineering-Construction) domain. Amongst
other strategies, one of the most prominent strategies is the timely deployment of shading devices.
While the shading device constructions connected to the inside, interstitial position or exterior of
transparent building envelope components is thus an important part of the building, little change can
be observed in the principal design and technology of such shading elements. Moreover, target conflicts
between shading device deployment and architectural appearance can be observed in European Cities.
For instance, the ensemble protection of the Vienna City morphology was – for a long time – considered
to be more important than potent shading devices.
The present contribution presents the approach of an effort toward highly-esthetical, functional
shading devices that provide – despite their architectural-design approach – a high degree of shading
performance. Together with the window-building industry, four different shading device designs have
been designed, developed and virtually tested. The design process was guided by critical reviews by
domain experts and performance simulation efforts. We present the genesis of the four designs and
their performance implications as a proof of concept that effective shading systems can be understood
as part of the esthetics of a building and practical passive cooling device at the same time.
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dc.language.iso
en
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dc.publisher
Czech Technical University
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dc.relation.ispartof
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
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dc.subject
Shading Devices
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dc.subject
Summer overheating
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dc.subject
Passive cooling strategies
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dc.subject
industry-university collaboration
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dc.subject
urban heat islands
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dc.subject
cooling demand reduction
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dc.title
Solar Shelter: Exploring Architectural Design Input for Industrially-Crafted Shading Devices
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dc.type
Article
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dc.type
Artikel
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dc.contributor.affiliation
Holzforschung Austria (FHA), Austria
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dcterms.dateSubmitted
2022
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dc.rights.holder
AutorInnen & Herausgeber
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dc.type.category
Original Research Article
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tuw.container.volume
38
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tuw.journal.peerreviewed
true
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tuw.peerreviewed
true
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tuw.researchTopic.id
A1
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tuw.researchTopic.id
E1
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tuw.researchTopic.id
C6
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tuw.researchTopic.name
Development and Advancement of the Architectural Arts
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tuw.researchTopic.name
Energy Active Buildings, Settlements and Spatial Infrastructures
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tuw.researchTopic.name
Modeling and Simulation
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tuw.researchTopic.value
50
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tuw.researchTopic.value
25
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tuw.researchTopic.value
25
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dcterms.isPartOf.title
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
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tuw.publication.orgunit
E259-03 - Forschungsbereich Bauphysik und Bauökologie
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tuw.publication.orgunit
E259-01 - Forschungsbereich Digitale Architektur und Raumplanung