The Use of Double Skin Facade to Decrease Energy Consumption in Buildings: A review

Building envelopes play an important role in the thermal behavior of buildings as well as reducing energy consumption. The efficiency of double skin facade (DSF) in each region is highly depend on the region's climate. Therefore, if DSF is not designed properly, it will not only reduce energy consumption in the building, but also can lead to increase energy consumption. In this study, in addition to introducing and classifying different types of double-skin facades and pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of this facade, case studies of DSF's different types are also investigated and some articles that have been published in this field are referred and analyzed. Research methodology is based on descriptive and analytical method and the method of collecting the information is a review and library article type. At the end of conclusion of the research based on results of the survey, the importance of using double skin facades has specified due to reducing energy consumption towards sustainable architecture. Results shows that based on results of the survey, the importance of using double skin facades has specified due to reducing energy consumption towards sustainable architecture. However, further researches are needed to assess the impact of DSF on the wide ranges of thermal comfort in the buildings.

Keywords:

Double Skin Facade (DSF) , Energy Consumption , Sustainable Architecture , Natural Ventilation , Energy Saving