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Abstract
This chapter discussed the evolution in wall systems and the benefits from using interactive walls on the thermal performance of buildings. Reviewed a classification for the opaque and transparent interactive walls according to the factors affecting thermal performance in the first section. The second section of this chapter discussed the transparent ventilated double walls (double skin facades), configurations and working principles. There are different principles of how DSF can be categorized. These can be classified according to three different criteria which are independent of one another and are based not only on the geometric characteristics of the façade but also on its mode of working. (Figure 1-27) sums up the relation matrix between categorizations