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Abstract

A movable shading device installed on an adaptive façade is able to change the positions of the shades according to the various control objectives (i.e. daylighting, thermal comfort, glare, energy, etc.) of the occupant. Since the key variables and the control method may change according to the control objectives, it is important to determine the hourly states of the shades in consideration of all of these factors. This study proposes a multi-purposes control strategy of adaptive facades for heating, cooling, lighting energy and glare. To depict the movements of the movable shading devices, the operable range is represented by an n number of fixed shade states having constant intervals. The control strategy entails deriving allowable shade states for glare prevention and energy conservation independently and then deriving the intersection range between the two shade state ranges. A case study was performed to verify the changes in hourly shade states and the energy performance of the envelope obtained by applying the proposed control strategy to an adaptive façade having a movable folding type shading device. The results of the case study show that hourly shade states were determined to satisfy the objectives of glare prevention and energy conservation simultaneously based on weather conditions and indoor requirement settings. From the case study, it can be seen that the proposed method can block the entry of direct solar radiation by lowering the unshaded fraction according to whether or not there would be discomfort glare while increasing the view factor in certain sections to promote the entry of diffuse solar radiation into the indoor space during the cooling and heating periods. The results of the case study also show that there can be large differences in the heating, cooling, and lighting energy performance of the building envelope for each orientation depending on the order of priority given to the objectives of the shading control, i.e. the objective of energy conservation only and the objective of simultaneous glare prevention and energy conservation. However, it was possible to effectively reduce the differences in energy proportions by adopting translucent shades.