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Terracotta, Stone or Aluminium: How a Façade Material Gets Chosen
A practical look at three cladding materials used in ventilated façades and what actually decides which one fits a given building.
An Open Cavity and Fire: Why a Barrier Sits at Every Floor
How a ventilated façade cavity is meant to draw air without letting fire travel, and what still has to be proven before that holds true in practice.
The Building Envelope Is Part of Egypt's Summer Power Problem
Air conditioning strains Egypt's grid every summer, and a building's envelope, not just its equipment, decides how much cooling it actually needs.
What actually happens inside a ventilated façade
A plain explanation of how the air gap behind a building's outer panels carries heat away before it reaches the wall, with no fans and no electricity involved.
What a Khamsin Does to the Air Cavity Behind a Façade
Ventilated façades need airflow to work. A Khamsin can fill the cavity and stop it. Here is why the detailing around intake and access matters.
What the research on ventilated façades and cooling load actually measures
A review of two recent studies on ventilated façades and cooling load, and the conditions under which their figures actually apply.