Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF DESIGN FOR RESILIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, cilt.3, sa.2, ss.197-212, 2022 (Hakemli Dergi)
As a building element, the facade which interacts with external factors between two
different environmental conditions is an important interface in energy consumption and
the building life cycle. In recent years, smart materials have become a research topic in the
field of sustainable architecture and facade technologies. The traditional material
understanding which expects materials to not be affected by external environmental
conditions by preserving their qualities throughout their lifespan has begun to leave its
place to the understanding of materials that change quality and energy by reacting to
external stimuli. Developing facade technologies and the energy-efficient design approach
also achieve the development of new technologies in window systems. The most promising
of these new window technologies, called smart windows, are electrochromic,
thermochromic, and photochromic windows. Within the scope of this study, the energy
performance of smart window systems has been evaluated comparatively with a traditional
window system in a reference office building in Kayseri, Turkey. This study aims to evaluate
the energy performances of smart windows and reveal their advantages and disadvantages
over the available window system in this climate condition. In this context, smart window
systems have been classified and explained their properties. In the simulation part, a
reference office building has been modeled with each smart window system to evaluate
their energy performances comparatively. Nevertheless, a reference office building with a
traditional window system has also been modeled to reveal differences in energy
performances with an available window system. Finally, the results have been evaluated
with graphs and recommendations on the best-performed window system have been
explained.