Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study
Plastic materials are increasingly becoming used in the building envelope, despite a lack of investigation on their effects. In this work, an extruded Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene panel has been tested as a second-skin layer in a ventilated facade system using a full-scale facility. The experimen...
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doaj-483885189a704577a2b29488968ebc572021-04-01T23:01:06ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092021-04-011114114110.3390/buildings11040141Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case StudyGiovanni Ciampi0Yorgos Spanodimitriou1Michelangelo Scorpio2Antonio Rosato3Sergio Sibilio4Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81031 Aversa, ItalyDepartment of Architecture and Industrial Design, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81031 Aversa, ItalyDepartment of Architecture and Industrial Design, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81031 Aversa, ItalyDepartment of Architecture and Industrial Design, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81031 Aversa, ItalyDepartment of Architecture and Industrial Design, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81031 Aversa, ItalyPlastic materials are increasingly becoming used in the building envelope, despite a lack of investigation on their effects. In this work, an extruded Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene panel has been tested as a second-skin layer in a ventilated facade system using a full-scale facility. The experimental results show that it is possible to achieve performances very similar to conventional materials. A numerical model has then been developed and used to investigate the performances of plastic and composite polymer panels as second-skin layers. The experimental data has been used to verify the behavior of the numerical model, from a thermal point of view, showing good reliability, with a root mean square error lower than 0.40 °C. This model has then been applied in different refurbishment cases upon varying: the polymer and the manufacturing technology (extruded or 3D-printed panels). Eight refurbishment case studies have been carried out on a typical office building located in Napoli (Italy), by means of a dynamic simulation software. The simulation results show that the proposed actions allow the reduction of the thermal and cooling energy demand (up to 6.9% and 3.1%, respectively), as well as the non-renewable primary energy consumption (up to 2.6%), in comparison to the reference case study.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/11/4/141ventilated facadesecond-skin materials3D printed materialsadditive manufacturingTRNSYSfull-scale facility |
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Giovanni Ciampi Yorgos Spanodimitriou Michelangelo Scorpio Antonio Rosato Sergio Sibilio Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study Buildings ventilated facade second-skin materials 3D printed materials additive manufacturing TRNSYS full-scale facility |
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Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study |
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Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study |
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Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study |
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Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study |
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Energy Performances Assessment of Extruded and 3D Printed Polymers Integrated into Building Envelopes for a South Italian Case Study |
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energy performances assessment of extruded and 3d printed polymers integrated into building envelopes for a south italian case study |
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Plastic materials are increasingly becoming used in the building envelope, despite a lack of investigation on their effects. In this work, an extruded Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene panel has been tested as a second-skin layer in a ventilated facade system using a full-scale facility. The experimental results show that it is possible to achieve performances very similar to conventional materials. A numerical model has then been developed and used to investigate the performances of plastic and composite polymer panels as second-skin layers. The experimental data has been used to verify the behavior of the numerical model, from a thermal point of view, showing good reliability, with a root mean square error lower than 0.40 °C. This model has then been applied in different refurbishment cases upon varying: the polymer and the manufacturing technology (extruded or 3D-printed panels). Eight refurbishment case studies have been carried out on a typical office building located in Napoli (Italy), by means of a dynamic simulation software. The simulation results show that the proposed actions allow the reduction of the thermal and cooling energy demand (up to 6.9% and 3.1%, respectively), as well as the non-renewable primary energy consumption (up to 2.6%), in comparison to the reference case study. |
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ventilated facade second-skin materials 3D printed materials additive manufacturing TRNSYS full-scale facility |
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