Smart Shading Pixels, Reem Alnazer

The goal of this project is to design and implement an approach to utilize the space between the glass panels of double-pane facades to construct an Adaptive Integrated Shading System (AISS). This is especially important in high-rise building because they are subject to largely diverse climate conditions. At the same time, it is difficult to implement a durable external adaptive shading systems in such buildings. Furthermore, double facades could be used for this purpose. However, they are expensive and take up a large space. Adaptivity here means that the shading system is able to sense the environment, e.g., the sun position, or the weather, and automatically make decisions on activating or deactivating the shading functionality. The adaptive shading system has components integrated inbetween the two glass panels of the facade. These are electrochromic films, which are powered through a transparent PCB circuit.