| Acknowledgements | 第1-18页 |
| Glossary | 第18-22页 |
| 摘要 | 第22-23页 |
| Abstract | 第23-25页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第25-37页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第25-27页 |
| ·Significance and Objective of present study | 第27-28页 |
| ·Scope of present study | 第28-30页 |
| ·Scope | 第29页 |
| ·Limitations | 第29-30页 |
| ·Structure of thesis | 第30-35页 |
| ·Conceptual framework | 第30-31页 |
| ·Theoretical framework | 第31-34页 |
| ·Outline of Thesis Chapters | 第34-35页 |
| ·Research Hypothesis | 第35-37页 |
| 2. Literature Review | 第37-88页 |
| ·Brief Historical overview of climate-active fa(?)ade design | 第37-42页 |
| ·Evolution of Intelligent building skin systems | 第42-43页 |
| ·Climate structure of Cold-Winter | 第43-50页 |
| ·China’s HSCW climate zone outline | 第45-48页 |
| ·Winter climate characteristics | 第48-50页 |
| ·Summer climate characteristics | 第50页 |
| ·Heat transfer coefficient and index of thermal inertia of building envelopes in HSCW zone | 第50-53页 |
| ·Energy budget of buildings in HSCW region | 第53-56页 |
| ·Thermal comfort | 第56-63页 |
| ·Solar radiation | 第56-57页 |
| ·Thermal comfort index | 第57-59页 |
| ·Human energy balance | 第59-60页 |
| ·The thermal values in HSCW regions, its effects on building fa(?)ade and indoor comfort. | 第60-63页 |
| ·Configuration of building skins and intelligent fa(?)ade designs | 第63-69页 |
| ·Bio-tectonic principles in fa(?)ade design for extreme climates | 第64页 |
| ·Changeable skin concept in fa(?)ade design | 第64-69页 |
| ·Principles of Surfaces in Building envelope design | 第69-72页 |
| ·Classification of surface design principles | 第69-70页 |
| ·Types of surfaces | 第70-72页 |
| ·Context of double skin fa(?)ade structures | 第72-81页 |
| ·Review of the evolution trend of double skin fa(?)ades | 第73-77页 |
| ·Major functions of multi-skin facades | 第77-78页 |
| ·Optimization theory of double skin facades | 第78-81页 |
| ·Thermal theories and studies | 第81-83页 |
| ·Direct radiation | 第81页 |
| ·Conduction and Convection | 第81-83页 |
| ·Air infiltration | 第83页 |
| ·Principles governing wind, thermal currents and natural ventilation | 第83-84页 |
| ·Air flow and velocity due to natural draft | 第84-86页 |
| ·Summary of Chapter two | 第86-88页 |
| 3. Methodology | 第88-92页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第88页 |
| ·Input system | 第88-89页 |
| ·Output system | 第89页 |
| ·Problem identification | 第89页 |
| ·Evolution of Strategies for enhancing performance | 第89-92页 |
| 4. Study on Traditional fa(?)ade structure of typical HSCW and other significant conventional fa(?)ade systems | 第92-112页 |
| ·Characteristics of the typical fa(?)ade structure in the case of Wuhan city | 第92-96页 |
| ·Solid facades | 第93页 |
| ·Glazed fa(?)ades | 第93-94页 |
| ·Box window fa(?)ades | 第94页 |
| ·Strip windows | 第94页 |
| ·Balcony fa(?)ades | 第94-96页 |
| ·Relevance of study to the present research | 第96页 |
| ·Classification in the thermal environment design of buildings | 第96-98页 |
| ·Previous work; Case study on energy efficiency research in HSCW zones | 第98-105页 |
| ·Analysis of the typical HSCW residential building fa(?)ade system, using Wuhan as a case | 第105-109页 |
| ·Summer analysis | 第106-108页 |
| ·Winter analysis | 第108-109页 |
| ·Impressions from traditional living environments | 第109-110页 |
| ·Summary of chapter 4 | 第110-112页 |
| 5. Study on Conventional Double skin fa(?)ade system | 第112-155页 |
| ·Concepts and characteristics of Conventional DSF | 第113-118页 |
| ·Ventilated double window | 第113-114页 |
| ·Facade partitioned per storey with adjacent modules | 第114-115页 |
| ·Corridor-type ventilated DSF | 第115页 |
| ·The Shaft-box ventilated double fa(?)ade | 第115-116页 |
| ·Multi-storey ventilated double skin fa(?)ade | 第116-117页 |
| ·Multi-storey louver, naturally ventilated double fa(?)ade | 第117-118页 |
| ·Relevance of study | 第118-119页 |
| ·Study on Glazed Double skin fa(?)ade and performance investigation | 第119-123页 |
| ·Underlying principles in Glazed double skin system | 第120-121页 |
| ·Classification of design principles | 第121-123页 |
| ·Case study on previous research on glazed double skin facades | 第123-141页 |
| ·University of Michigan Medical School’s Biomedical Science Research Building | 第123-135页 |
| ·HSCW building box experiment | 第135-141页 |
| ·Structural and material Analysis | 第141-146页 |
| ·Material analysis | 第141-144页 |
| ·Selection of Glass | 第144-146页 |
| ·Structural analysis | 第146页 |
| ·Optimization design and performance enhancement | 第146-148页 |
| ·Building physics | 第147页 |
| ·Energy conservation and thermal comfort | 第147-148页 |
| ·Glazed double skin fa(?)ade experiment in HSCW environment | 第148-154页 |
| ·Experiment setup scheme | 第148-150页 |
| ·Summer experiment | 第150-151页 |
| ·Winter experiment | 第151页 |
| ·Simulation analysis using PHOENICS-VR tool | 第151-154页 |
| ·Summary and Results | 第154-155页 |
| 6. The Climate-active fa(?)ade design and experiment | 第155-204页 |
| ·Review of the factors that influence efficiency of a fa(?)ade system | 第155-160页 |
| ·Concept of the double-skin climate-adaptive fa(?)ade | 第160-171页 |
| ·Configuration of the facade | 第161-165页 |
| ·Material composition | 第165-170页 |
| ·Structure of the Sandwich-Polyurethane insulation board | 第170-171页 |
| ·Aim of the Climate active fa(?)ade experiment | 第171页 |
| ·Experiment setup scheme | 第171-174页 |
| ·Accessories and parameters for the experiment | 第174-178页 |
| ·Accessories | 第174-175页 |
| ·Assessment Parameters | 第175-178页 |
| ·Thermal Experimental measurements | 第178-183页 |
| ·Summer measurements | 第178-182页 |
| ·Winter measurements | 第182-183页 |
| ·Summary of results | 第183-184页 |
| ·Simulation of results using PHOENICS-VR | 第184-192页 |
| ·Aim of the simulation tests | 第185页 |
| ·Ventilated cavity simulation | 第185-192页 |
| ·Comparative analysis | 第192-199页 |
| ·Comparing the results of the experiment model to typical Wuhan HSCW buildings | 第192-193页 |
| ·Comparing results with glazed double-skin fa(?)ade | 第193-199页 |
| ·Economic evaluation of the double-skin climate-adaptive fa(?)ade | 第199-204页 |
| ·Procedure for economic analysis | 第199-200页 |
| ·Concept of covering the costs of alternatives in their entirety | 第200-201页 |
| ·Cost determinants for Climate active double skin facades for HSCW regions | 第201-203页 |
| ·Features of an economical climate active double-skin facade | 第203-204页 |
| 7. Architectural context | 第204-221页 |
| ·Design factors | 第204-207页 |
| ·Use of seasonal solar path information | 第205-206页 |
| ·Effective orientation of indoor spaces | 第206-207页 |
| ·Classification and definition of typology | 第207-212页 |
| ·Typology based on types of ventilation | 第208-210页 |
| ·Typology based on partitioning of the fa(?)ade | 第210-211页 |
| ·Typology based on ventilation mode of the cavity | 第211-212页 |
| ·Fenestration design | 第212-216页 |
| ·Combining the CAF and glazed DSF principles in Residential building design | 第213-216页 |
| ·Optimization for ventilation and insulation system | 第216-220页 |
| ·Air flow | 第216-219页 |
| ·Air tightness | 第219-220页 |
| ·Concluding remarks | 第220-221页 |
| Bibliography | 第221-229页 |
| Books | 第221-223页 |
| Journals | 第223-225页 |
| Conference proceedings | 第225-226页 |
| Ph.D. Dissertation | 第226-227页 |
| Web sites | 第227-229页 |
| Curriculum Vitae (CV) and Academic Publications | 第229-232页 |
| Appendix | 第232-257页 |
| ·Symbols | 第232页 |
| ·Vocabulary and Definitions | 第232-256页 |
| ·Research work Table | 第256-257页 |
