But any possible solution must address occupant comfort, health, and safety, be sustainable and encourage biodiversity, and produce negative carbon emissions. To not only do less bad, but to fix systems, and actively create a better future. The Three Tiers are not precise demarcations of success, but indicate the direction of improvement relative to the other tiers and the industry default assembly.Īrchitects, engineers, consultants, and builders have tremendous power to mitigate climate change. To help architects and other professionals make choices and take action, the Smart Enclosure System is broken into Three Tiers of performance. Smart qualities are not about tech gadgets that require rebooting, repairs and worse, the smarts should passively reside in the architecture. The enclosure is a complete system, a system whose intelligence is built into the structural fabric. The more we realize these principles, the smarter the enclosure becomes. While the construction context may vary, in each case, the solutions are guided by seven principles: To get immediate access to all available downloads, click here: Please note: As each assembly type is completed they will become available on the website. It can be applied to any wall assembly, including: The Smart Enclosure System isn’t a one size fits all prescription, but a range of strategies that can be adapted for each project and site. The System is a toolkit that can help you maximize the positive impact of your building projects: providing optimized comfort, safety, energy efficiency, and negative carbon emissions.

The Smart Enclosure System offers a 21st-century guide to advanced high-performance building assemblies. And second, we have to go beyond just reducing emissions and start removing carbon from the atmosphere to return to the stable atmospheric CO 2 concentration of 350 ppm.

In addition to the visual and biophilic benefits of all green walls, smart and active green walls can feature natural air purification and humidification thanks to the combination of enhanced air circulation, specialized growth medium, and technology. First, we need to reduce global carbon emissions in the developed world by 80% by 2050 to mitigate the worst effects of climate change (Meinshausen, 2007). The features of a smart living wall can be automated and monitored, enhancing the effects. Consequently, today’s building efforts must address climate change in two ways.

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