Developing smarter, greener buildings provides a range of business benefits, including:
Additionally, sustainable buildings enhance a company’s image and positively influence both current and future employees.
Dynamic solar shading plays a crucial role in meeting the first principle of *Trias Energetica*, which emphasizes reducing energy demand. By significantly minimizing the need for active cooling and optimizing the use of natural daylight, solar shading also reduces reliance on artificial lighting, contributing to both energy efficiency and sustainability.
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Having an intelligent controlled solar shading system helps create a better indoor environment for the well-being and comfort of the building occupants, positively influencing welfare and productivity. It also significantly contributes to building energy management by:
• Generating energy savings for cooling and heating
• Supporting a more consistent, healthy indoor environment through improved visual comfort, thermal comfort and access to natural daylight.
During the day, roller shutters open automatically to warm the house naturally with the sun's heat. In the evening, they close automatically to keep the heat inside.
During the day, roller shutters close automatically when the sun shines, to block it, keeping the house cooler and pleasant.
Thermal stability is one of the corner stones for successfull and functional building design. It creates conditions for corect functionality of the building physics and create assumptions to protecting the building from overheating - enabling to adapt the buiding to the heat waves and offer solution for keeping comfort and welbeing for the occupants.
Software simulation
ESBO (Early Stage Building Optimisation), the first simulation software endorsed by ES-SO (European Solar Shading Organization), is powered by the robust calculation engine of IDA ICE. This market-leading tool for energy and indoor climate simulation in Northern Europe forms the foundation of ESBO's capabilities. By utilizing ESBO, dynamic solar shading can be simulated in compliance with ISO 15099 and EN/ISO 52022-3 standards.
By preserving the full spectrum of daylight and diffusing light where required, dynamic solar shading enables an indoor climate where occupant comfort is prioritized - adding up to improved health, well-being and productivity.
To fully harvest the benefits of daylight, it needs to be controlled. This is vital to create indoor environments that avoid both high visual contrast and severe glare. Glare is caused by direct sunlight falling on objects with high exterior luminance values and can be highly disruptive.
So, managing light effectively ensures our working environments achieve the optimal balance between natural daylight and visual comfort.
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* From 10 to 30%, according to a study by Somfy, carried out with the support of Carbone 4, an independent consulting company specialising in low-emission strategies and adaptation to climate change. Study conducted in 1,000 homes in 6 major European countries, taking into account different parameters (size of the house, year of construction, type and equipment of windows, different types of heating).
** From 4 to 7°C, according to a study by TBC for the French Construction Federation: ANALYSIS OF THE ENERGY CONTRIBUTION OF ROLLER SHUTTERS. Normative and regulatory study. TBC INNOVATIONS is a research and consulting company with 25 years of experience in the construction market. Results vary depending on the size of the house, its geographical location, year of construction and the equipment of the windows (rollers, external blinds, screen).