Powering Our Future with Nature’s Blueprint–BICEPS
Imagine a project that’s like a smart system for powering our homes and buildings, using nature’s own tricks. It’s called BICEPS, short for Biomimetic Integrated …
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Biomimetic Buildings: Copying Nature for Energy Efficiency Hardcover – October 25, 2022, by Negin Imani (Editor), Brenda Vale (Editor) Order online here Publisher : Mdpi AG (October 25, …
Heating with Wolves, Cooling with Cacti Book released
“Heating with Wolves, Cooling with Cacti” Book has arrived! Heating with Wolves, Cooling with Cacti Thermo-bio-architectural Framework (ThBA) View on Google Books This book describes …
Biologists Confirm the Inclusiveness of Biomimetic Design Tool for Building Energy Efficiency
Biologist confirmed the ThBA is effective in bridging biology and architecture based on the existing thermal challenges in buildings, and is comprehensive in terms of generalising biological thermal adaptation strategies.
A Framework for Finding Inspiration in Nature
Biomimicry has attracted the attention of scholars and architects because of its potential for contributing to the design of energy efficient buildings. Given the importance of energy efficient buildings in reducing global building energy consumption, the aim of this research was to investigate the practical usefulness of a framework developed for designing bio-inspired energy efficient office buildings.
Thermo-Bio-Architectural Framework (ThBA)
The ThBA was developed by studying biology to find how thermal regulation strategies used by living organisms can be classified and generalised. The proposed ThBA was confirmed and evaluated before it was used for the rest of the research.
SlowLoris
SlowLoris can be web-based and is totally independent of all current energy data visualisation software and complementary energy plugins. It uses the Grasshopper interface and its components to construct graphs. It is mainly targeted at optimising the visual representation of energy results and does not need highly skilled experts to be used effectively.
Biomimetic Technology and Nature Inspiration
Movement and functionality in Calatrava’s works are more pronounced than that of Gaudi due to the different time periods and technological progress as well as the influence of constructivist architects. Calatrava was influenced by Gaudi in architecture. With the tone of the day and utilisation of structure and technology, Calatrava goes beyond his culture and traditions in the modern context.
Thermal and Acoustic Building Insulation from Agricultural Wastes
A number of studies have focused on finding substitutions for petrochemicals as a source for manufacturing building insulation. Some investigations have identified insulation materials that have lower environmental costs, for example, those that are made of natural or recycled materials.