Abstract:
A building using solar energy for heating and cooling without employing any air conditioning equipment, where the building uses building elements, such as a solar heat collector and/or a solar heat storage device. The building comprises a fluid channel arranged for a fluid to transfer absorbed solar heat, a solar heat storage bank to store and supply the solar heat and a mechanism for directing and controlling the flow of said fluid throughout the building. The building may also use a second air channel for heating and cooling that building.
Abstract:
Plattenförmiges Modul sowie Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Rahmens für ein solches Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein plattenförmiges Modul (10, 12, 14, 16), umfassend zumindest zwei plattenförmige Elemente (26, 28), mit umfangsseitig umlaufender Randversiegelung sowie das Modul umgebendem Rahmen. Damit mit konstruktiv einfachen Maßnahmen eine Befestigung möglich ist, wird vorgeschlagen, dass die den Rahmen (18, 20, 22, 24) bildende Randversiegelung an die plattenförmigen Elemente (26, 28) anextrudiert ist und integral ein Befestigungsmittel zum Befestigen des Moduls aufweist.
Abstract:
Provided in one embodiment is an article, the article comprising: a material, which adjusts at least one surface property in response to a climate condition to affect energy exchange between the exterior and the interior of the article. Another embodiment provides a structure, comprising: a building facade envelope, comprising a material: wherein the envelope adjusts at least one surface property in response to a climate condition, to affect energy exchange between the exterior and the interior of the envelope.
Abstract:
Ein Fassadenelement zur Wärmedämmung weist mindestens zwei parallel zueinander angeordnete Scheiben (101, 102), einen zwischen diesen zwei Scheiben (101, 102) ausgebildeten, fluiddurchströmten Hohlraum (103) sowie mindestens einen Einlass (13) zur Zuführung eines strahlungsabsorbierenden Fluids und mindestens einen Auslass (13') zum Abfuhren des Fluids auf. Der Einlass (13) ist an einer ersten Seite der Scheiben (101, 102) und der Auslass (13') ist an einer gegenüberliegenden zweiten Seite der Scheiben (101, 102) angeordnet. Zwischen dem mindestens einen Einlass (13) und dem Hohlraum (103) ist ein erster Strömungsverteiler (14) angeordnet, welcher sich entlang der Länge der ersten Seite verteilt erstreckt. Dieses Fassadenelement ermöglicht eine einfache und kostengünstige industrielle Fertigung.
Abstract:
Systems and methods providing a modular building having pre-fabricated panel wall components are easily assembled to form a predetermined structure that provides for mating alignment and securement of the modular panels with each other along their adjoining seams, without requiring additional locking mechanisms for stabilizing the panels.
Abstract:
A heat collector comprises a transparent glazing (12) exposed to the ambient. The transparent glazing (12) is spaced from a back surface to define a plenum (16) therewith. A plurality of perforations is defined through the transparent glazing (12) for allowing outside air to flow through the transparent glazing (12) into the plenum (16) and substantially maintain the transparent glazing (12) at the ambient temperature, thereby providing for higher thermal efficiency.
Abstract:
A solar heating cell includes a core substantially in the form of a parallelepiped having two open sides. O-rings are disposed within channels running about the edges of the two open sides and glass plates are clamped with compression clips to the two open sides forming air and watertight seals with the O-rings. The solar heating cell is filled with a liquid mixture, primarily water. A solar heating panel is made by mounting a number of the solar heating cells on a support apparatus in an opening through an external wall of a building.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un procédé d'habillage de façade de bâtiment, selon lequel on dispose un premier récepteur perforé (50), à distance d'un second récepteur (51) rapporté sur la structure dudit bâtiment ou constitué par elle, en ménageant, entre ledit second récepteur (1) et ledit premier récepteur perforé (50), un canal de circulation d'air (3). Il se caractérisé en ce qu'on choisit ce premier récepteur perforé (50) amovible et comportant une nappe souple (203) ou constitué par celle-ci. L'invention concerne encore un panneau creux (1) pour la mise en œuvre de ce procédé. L'invention concerne encore un condenseur (110) conçu apte à constituer ledit second récepteur (51) pour la mise en oeuvre du procédé. L'invention concerne encore un dispositif de fixation et de mise sous tension (201) d'une nappe souple (203) conçue apte à constituer ledit premier récepteur (50) pour la mise en œuvre du procédé.
Abstract:
The invention relates on the one hand to a deformable slat system for a building construction, comprising one or more deformable slats (1), wherein at least one of the aforementioned slats (1) comprises two slat parts (Ia, Ib) which are joined together in such a way that they are hingeable about a hinge line (2), wherein this slat (1) is bendable and/or twistable in each first position wherein the slat parts (Ia, Ib) are hinged at a straight angle or a zero angle with respect to one another and is rigidified in each second position wherein the slat parts (Ia, Ib) are hinged at an angle differing from the straight angle or zero angle with respect to one another, and wherein the slat system comprises means (13a, 13b, 19a, 19b, 14, 15, 16) for bringing the aforementioned slat (1) selectively into a first or a second position, and for bringing a slat (1), which has been brought into a first position, into a bent and/or twisted position. Furthermore, the invention also relates to a slat (1) provided for a slat system of this type, and also to a building construction provided with a slat system of this type.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to installation of augmenting elements on the face of solar collectors (41) (thermal or photovoltaic), in particular when mounted on vertical facades of buildings (43), oriented so as to contribute to increase the solar energy collection. They also serve for protection of collectors (42), by closing and protecting its collection area from damages caused by high stagnation temperatures in cases of pump system failure or holidays, when the solar system is not consumed and, finally, serve as an harmonious camouflage/integration, having colors and textures suited to an architectural valorization/design of the facades where they are installed.