Glazed facade
In the dialogue of energy efficiency in buildings, glazed buildings are always believed to be energy inefficient and glass is considered as the single largest contributor to increase in energy consumption. But, let us take a pause … think rationally….and ask ourselves a simple question ….can we avoid glass?
Glazed facade
Imagine a building without windows and glass in which you do not know whether it is day or night or it is sunny or raining. Glazing has a large role to play in a building and research has proven that daylight has major positive impact on productivity and human health. On one hand glazing and glass allows us to connect with nature, lets in daylight , facilitates natural ventilation(when left open) and on the other hand also lets in heat which takes a lot of energy to be removed . While use of lesser windows/glazed surfaces would require that we turn on lights during daytime and increase energy use for lighting and air-conditioning ,over usage of glass also leads to added heat and glare and increase in air conditioning loads . So the challenge remains on usage of optimum quantity and quality of glass in a building. We thus need to understand on how heat is transferred through glass and correlation between energy consumption and usage of glass .
Glazed facade
iDi Design can design build your office space by optimally using quantity and quality of glass to help you save energy and boost day or night working experience.