advanced building skins 14 | 15 June 2012 - lamp.tugraz.at - Graz ...
advanced building skins 14 | 15 June 2012 - lamp.tugraz.at - Graz ...
advanced building skins 14 | 15 June 2012 - lamp.tugraz.at - Graz ...
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1 Philosophy<br />
Advanced Building Skins<br />
The new Schüco façade system for efficient moderniz<strong>at</strong>ion of existing <strong>building</strong>s arose from the everyday<br />
challenges of moderniz<strong>at</strong>ion projects: as a rule, tenants / users of rooms adjacent to the façade<br />
have to vac<strong>at</strong>e their workspace during <strong>building</strong> work, so th<strong>at</strong> old window and façade units can be taken<br />
out and new units installed and <strong>at</strong>tached. This results in stress and discomfort for the users and<br />
ultim<strong>at</strong>ely high consequential costs (rental etc.) for the landlord / <strong>building</strong> owner, not to mention<br />
enormous logistics problems.<br />
The new aluminium system construction method puts the client in a position to keep the <strong>building</strong> in<br />
oper<strong>at</strong>ion all throughout the <strong>building</strong> work. An external load-bearing structure is fitted with fixing<br />
brackets from ceiling to ceiling over a specified distance onto the grid of the <strong>building</strong> structure. In this<br />
way non-loadbearing spandrel areas can be bridged. This load-bearing structure is used as the basic<br />
framework for the integr<strong>at</strong>ion as a whole of the following system modules:<br />
Façade-integr<strong>at</strong>ed …<br />
Solar shading systems<br />
Decentralized ventil<strong>at</strong>ion, cooling and he<strong>at</strong>ing<br />
PV façade modules, incl. infrastructure<br />
Aluminium window systems up to passive-house-quality<br />
1.1 Fe<strong>at</strong>ures and Benefits<br />
Comparable with the conventional moderniz<strong>at</strong>ion solutions in terms of costs<br />
(rear ventil<strong>at</strong>ed curtain walling, ribbon windows)<br />
Less loss of utility / virtually no loss of rental (as a result of new install<strong>at</strong>ion principle)<br />
Reduction in drilling work and necessary fixing m<strong>at</strong>erial (less noise / lower costs)<br />
No load-bearing spandrels required, as the system can span from floor to floor<br />
Simple <strong>at</strong>tachments to <strong>building</strong> structure using innov<strong>at</strong>ive system components<br />
Comp<strong>at</strong>ible with standard Schüco curtain wall systems<br />
Planning reliability and cost certainty with a system solution<br />
2 Modernizing Existing Buildings – Why?<br />
Because in terms of their energy levels, around 70% of existing German <strong>building</strong>s are below the first,<br />
1977, thermal insul<strong>at</strong>ion regul<strong>at</strong>ions. On average they consume 5 to 6 times more he<strong>at</strong>ing energy than<br />
modern <strong>building</strong>s. The situ<strong>at</strong>ion is similar in many European countries.<br />
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