Mahmoud Hussien Hefnawi <br/><br/>
Using smart materials as an important factor to achieve high performance facades /  
 استخدام المواد الذكية كعنصر هام للوصول الى واجهات عالية الكفاءة 
Mahmoud Hussien Hefnawi ; Supervised Medhat Elshazly , Hossam Mohamed Abdelazi 
 - Cairo :   Mahmoud Hussien Hefnawi ,   2017 
 - 111 P. :   photographs ;   30cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Engineering - Department of Architectural Engineering 
<br/><br/> In the domain of high-performance buildings, the envelope has become the major factor in the innovative development. The term smart has been used in reference to materials and surfaces. Smart materials; as systems that own embedded technological functions that cover environmental responses, either through internal properties or external energy exchanges. Smart materials have four more characteristics immediacy, transiency, self-actuation, selectivity. Smart surfaces and materials act as an important factor to achieve high-performance envelopes because of their intrinsic properties. Recently, many smart materials are used to achieve high-performance building facades; they appear in the form of glazing, coating, and films. This thesis expresses how smart materials can help in achieving building with high-performance facades 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Energy efficiency High performance Smart materials