Student Presenter(s): Stephan Martinez
Faculty Mentor: Ehsan Kamel
Department: Energy Management
School/College: School of Architecture and Design, Long Island

It is a common understanding that global warming is one of the biggest threat that humanity is facing today. According to the National Climate Assessment, human influences are the number one cause of global warming. The commercial and residential building sector accounts for about 40% of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the United States per year, more than any other sector. Interactive architecture is increasingly playing a bigger role in today's architecture and how it can present us with a solution by transforming the built environment to be more energy efficient and climate-friendly. Kinetic architecture is an integration of form and technology that has inspired from nature and geometric complexity in buildings should not neglect the need for better energy efficiency performance. The level of complexity on these systems are typically high and many factors must be accounted for when designing. This paper investigates the different aspects and parameters that must be taken into consideration when designing for a kinetic facade such as outdoor temperature, solar radiations, material's properties, and the possibility of energy generation. The same way they exist different forms of kinetic facades, some will respond to the wind, others will respond to the sun. We will be looking into major examples for the application of kinetic facade in buildings to understand how different conditions affect the application of this system. These case studies include but not limited to Masdar Institute for Science and Technology in the United Arab Emirates and Pearl River Tower in China. This research study helps to have a better understanding of kinetic facade, the design parameters in different environment, and their applications.