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Potential strategies offered by animals to implement in buildings' energy performance: Theory and practice |
César Martín-Gómez1, Amaia Zuazua-Ros1(), Javier Bermejo-Busto1, Enrique Baquero2, Rafael Miranda2, Cristina Sanz1 |
1. Department of Building Construction, Building Services and Structures, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona 31009, Spain 2. School ofSciences, Department of Environmental Biology, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona 31080, Spain |
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Abstract The strategies for thermal regulation and environmental control found in nature are countless. In this article, a parallelism between animals and building energy systems is defined in order to identify and emphasize the immediate opportunities that biomimicry offers for future research. The motivation was the need to find alternative solutions to tackle problems mainly in the efficiency of heating, ventilation and cooling systems. Due to the wide range of possibilities offered by animals, this study is largely limited to the strategies that cold-blooded animals have developed through evolutionary adaptation to the environment. The method used for the analysis is based on a solution-based approach. Firstly, different animal thermoregulation strategies are defined (biologicaldomain). Then the strategy is analyzed and classified into three categories. This classification is essential in order to formulate the parallelism with building systems (transfer phase). The final step is to identify the potential implementation (technologicaldomain). This approach has been seen to be useful in creating new research opportunities based on biomimicry. In addition, suitable solutions arising from multidisciplinary team research are presented as promising answers to the challenges that building energy systems face nowadays.
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Keywords
Biomimicry
Building services
Energy systems
Passive design
Multidisciplinary
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Corresponding Author(s):
Amaia Zuazua-Ros
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Issue Date: 04 April 2019
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