6.1 CONCLUSION

6.1 CONCLUSION

For designing intelligent facades local climatic conditions, outdoor environment, and indoor spaces with a view to parameters such as energy performance, thermal comfort, air quality, temperature, etc. should be taken into account. The skin of the building acts as an environmental filter that is extended with the ability to adapt to different outdoor and indoor conditions by choosing the most appropriate response in each situation, developing the ability to learn, and communicate with the humans/ natural environment.

Energy-efficient technologies, especially in the facade design, play an important role in the proper and sparing use of energy. In line with the latest advances in technology, intelligent buildings are compatible with their environment that can provide for highly efficient energy use. Because of the reduction in energy resources and increasing costs in the world every day, energy conservation in the building is primarily focused on building systems targeting the energy crisis, which may produce its own energy, ventilation, heating, and cooling. Therefore, intelligent skins came up, and are gaining more importance and will certainly become an integral part of the new buildings in near future. The main aim of this system is to provide comfort for building occupants, and therefore the comparison of the intelligent skin with the human skin reactions provides the right answers to understanding its function.

Intelligent facades assist the designer to pass from the idea to architectural concept by using climate and visual comfort strategies that comply with an energy code. By exploring at the same time, many facade combinations for their thermal and visual comfort performance, designers can have better criteria in choosing an appropriate stating direction for further exploration. Accordingly, it is essential to fully consider the application of intelligent facades, as well as the required technical analysis and simulation strategies, during the early design stages of buildings.

The study concludes that the use of intelligent facades is a significant criterion for the development of environmentally benign buildings, and these facades use responsive, interactive and adaptive techniques to act as an intelligent system.