Contents

1 Introduction to Nano- and Biotech-Based Materials

for Energy Building Efciency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
F. Pacheco Torgal
2 Aerogel Plasters for Building Energy Efciency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
C. Buratti, E. Moretti and E. Belloni
3 Nanogel Windows for Energy Building Efciency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Cinzia Buratti, Elisa Moretti and Elisa Belloni
4 Thermochromics for Energy-Efcient Buildings:
Thin Surface Coatings and Nanoparticle Composites . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Yu-Xia Ji, Mats Boman, Gunnar A. Niklasson
and Claes-Gran Granqvist
5 Photosynthetic Glass: As a Responsive Bioenergy System. . . . . . . . 97
M.E. Alston
6 Simulation-Based Evaluation of Adaptive Materials
for Improved Building Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Fabio Favoino
7 Nanotech-Based Vacuum Insulation Panels for Building
Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Bjorn Petter Jell and Simen Edsjo Kalns
8 Nanomaterial-Based PCM Composites for Thermal
Energy Storage in Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
R. Parameshwaran and Siva Kalaiselvam
9 Nanotech-Based Cool Materials for Building Energy Efciency . . . 245
Anna Laura Pisello, Riccardo Paolini, Maria Vittoria Diamanti,
Elena Fortunati, Veronica Lucia Castaldo and Luigi Torre

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10 Performance of Semi-transparent Photovoltaic Faades . . . . . . . . . 279

L. Olivieri
11 Organic Photovoltaics for Energy Efciency in Buildings . . . . . . . . 321
Cristina Cornaro and Aldo Di Carlo
12 Bio-Based Polyurethane Foams for Heat-Insulating
Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Maria Kuraska and Aleksander Prociak
13 Biorenery-Derived Bioplastics as Promising Low-Embodied
Energy Building Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
V. Ivanov and L. Christopher
14 Bio-inspired Lightweight Structural Systems: Learning
from Microcomponents in the Nature for the Energy
Efciency in the Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Rosa Cervera Sard and Javier Pioz
15 Nanocellulose Aerogels as Thermal Insulation Materials . . . . . . . . 411
Hai M. Duong and Son T. Nguyen
16 Photobioreactor-Based Energy Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Scott N. Genin, J. Stewart Aitchison and D. Grant Allen
17 Case Studies on the Architectural Integration
of Photobioreactors in Building Faades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Rosa Cervera Sard and Cristina Alvarez Vicente