Professor YUPENG WU's Outputs (4)

Switching daylight: Performance prediction of climate adaptive ETFE foil façades (2021)
Journal Article
Flor, J. F., Liu, X., Sun, Y., Beccarelli, P., Chilton, J., & Wu, Y. (2022). Switching daylight: Performance prediction of climate adaptive ETFE foil façades. Building and Environment, 209, Article 108650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108650

This paper reports on the daylighting performance of switchable ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) foil in double-skin façades (DSF). In contrast to conventional glazing or static ETFE façades, switchable ETFE moderates incident daylight and control... Read More about Switching daylight: Performance prediction of climate adaptive ETFE foil façades.

Experimental Characterisation of a Smart Glazing with Tuneable Transparency, Light Scattering Ability and Electricity Generation Function (2021)
Journal Article
Liu, X., & Wu, Y. (2021). Experimental Characterisation of a Smart Glazing with Tuneable Transparency, Light Scattering Ability and Electricity Generation Function. Applied Energy, 303, Article 117521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117521

Daylighting control technologies have become an essential part of sustainable building design to reduce overheating, glare and energy consumption in buildings. In this paper, a smart glazing system where a Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) glaz... Read More about Experimental Characterisation of a Smart Glazing with Tuneable Transparency, Light Scattering Ability and Electricity Generation Function.

Numerical investigation of a smart window system with thermotropic parallel Slat-Transparent Insulation Material for building energy conservation and daylight autonomy (2021)
Journal Article
Sun, Y., Wilson, R., Liu, H., & Wu, Y. (2021). Numerical investigation of a smart window system with thermotropic parallel Slat-Transparent Insulation Material for building energy conservation and daylight autonomy. Building and Environment, 203, Article 108048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.108048

Smart window designs have emerged as a means of providing dynamic regulation of solar energy and daylight, enhancing indoor comfort, and achieving building energy conservation. We evaluated a novel window design that integrated a thermotropic (TT) ma... Read More about Numerical investigation of a smart window system with thermotropic parallel Slat-Transparent Insulation Material for building energy conservation and daylight autonomy.

Monte-Carlo optical model coupled with Inverse Adding-Doubling for Building Integrated Photovoltaic smart window design and characterisation (2021)
Journal Article
Liu, X., & Wu, Y. (2021). Monte-Carlo optical model coupled with Inverse Adding-Doubling for Building Integrated Photovoltaic smart window design and characterisation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 223, Article 110972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.110972

Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) glazings are promising technologies with the benefits of electricity generation, solar shading and building energy savings. A new approach is to integrate BIPV windows with thermotropic materials such as Hydrox... Read More about Monte-Carlo optical model coupled with Inverse Adding-Doubling for Building Integrated Photovoltaic smart window design and characterisation.