Harnessing the natural intelligence of wood to improve passive ventilation in buildings
Wood actively equalises its moisture content in relation to its surrounding environment. Technical applications that can harness this characteristic can have a great impact in the improvement of indoor hygrometric comfort. So far few applications have made use of this unique property. The natural hy...
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| author | Fabio Bianconi Marco Filippucci Giulia Pelliccia David Correa |
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| description | Wood actively equalises its moisture content in relation to its surrounding environment. Technical applications that can harness this characteristic can have a great impact in the improvement of indoor hygrometric comfort. So far few applications have made use of this unique property. The natural hygroscopic intelligence of wood can lead to the development of a new technology capable of ensuring improved indoor comfort. The natural material can thus be engineered by creating responsive composites made from wood waste and transformed through 4D printing. The biomimetic actuators studied in this paper are aimed at linking the transformation of form into environmental control functionality applied to building comfort in adaptive and passive solutions.
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| spelling | doaj-art-cbcf09c7c5a94fb68678213b579ec81d2025-08-20T03:22:21ZengFirenze University PressTechne2239-02432023-05-012510.36253/techne-13656Harnessing the natural intelligence of wood to improve passive ventilation in buildingsFabio Bianconi0Marco Filippucci1Giulia Pelliccia2David Correa3Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e AmbientaleUniversità degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e AmbientaleUniversità degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e AmbientaleUniversity of Waterloo, School of ArchitectureWood actively equalises its moisture content in relation to its surrounding environment. Technical applications that can harness this characteristic can have a great impact in the improvement of indoor hygrometric comfort. So far few applications have made use of this unique property. The natural hygroscopic intelligence of wood can lead to the development of a new technology capable of ensuring improved indoor comfort. The natural material can thus be engineered by creating responsive composites made from wood waste and transformed through 4D printing. The biomimetic actuators studied in this paper are aimed at linking the transformation of form into environmental control functionality applied to building comfort in adaptive and passive solutions. https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/13656 Wooden composites4D printingHygrometric regulationPassive controlResponsive actuators |
| spellingShingle | Fabio Bianconi Marco Filippucci Giulia Pelliccia David Correa Harnessing the natural intelligence of wood to improve passive ventilation in buildings Techne Wooden composites 4D printing Hygrometric regulation Passive control Responsive actuators |
| title | Harnessing the natural intelligence of wood to improve passive ventilation in buildings |
| title_full | Harnessing the natural intelligence of wood to improve passive ventilation in buildings |
| title_fullStr | Harnessing the natural intelligence of wood to improve passive ventilation in buildings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Harnessing the natural intelligence of wood to improve passive ventilation in buildings |
| title_short | Harnessing the natural intelligence of wood to improve passive ventilation in buildings |
| title_sort | harnessing the natural intelligence of wood to improve passive ventilation in buildings |
| topic | Wooden composites 4D printing Hygrometric regulation Passive control Responsive actuators |
| url | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/13656 |
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