Double Skin Façade and Potential Integration with Other Building Environmental Technologies and Materials

ABSTRACT As architects, we design for the present time with respecting the past and anticipating the future. The energy consumption is the main globe apprehension because it increases the greenhouses emissions. This paper presents one of the environmental manipulations of the building façade which plays a significant role of heat gain and loss since it is occupying a considerable area, which is exposed to the outside climate and has a potential to the heat exchange. The double skin façade operation, design factors, materiality, and the potential integration with other technologies is the main goal of this research. The proper design and operations of the double skin façade contribute on cooling and heating load in the building, which is most energy consumer in the building, and it is potential to generate energy. Keywords: Double Skin Façade, Integrated Technologies, Solar Panels, Solar Water heater, Solar Thermal Collectors, Solar Façade.