When they’re not judging the dozens of innovative BrickStainable entries, our jurors are doing really cool work of their own. Anna Dyson, juror and director of CASE, is investigating “intelligent facades.” These facades would be responsive to the environment with an optical “active” surface that would facilitate the absorption and redistribution of energy to the building’s interior energy systems. Currently, buildings account for 35% of U.S. energy consumption and 40% of U.S. carbon production, so making buildings energy creators instead of energy consumers, would make a huge impact on energy usage. And it’s even possible that masonry facades could be coated to achieve this goal. We’re looking forward to see where Dyson’s research goes in the next two years.
No comments:
Post a Comment