External Temperature-Control Elements for Building Climate Regulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing building climate control systems are inefficient and costly, often creating an unpleasant indoor climate and increasing external temperatures, while alternative methods like shading and ventilation lack regulation and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A device with flatly formed external and internal temperature-control elements that cover building sides, settable to predefinable temperatures, using a temperature-control medium with properties like water or air to regulate heat absorption and prevent thermal radiation, creating intermediate spaces for efficient climate control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If conventional climate control systems are used to cool buildings, then indoor temperature control is achieved, but energy consumption increases and outdoor temperature rises
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by cooling the building envelope (walls and roof) before heat penetrates into the interior. The temperature control elements are integrated into the building shell and pre-cool the structure, preventing heat absorption rather than removing it later through active cooling systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses the building envelope itself as an intermediary thermal mass. By integrating temperature control elements into the walls and roof, the building structure becomes a mediator that absorbs and stores cooling, reducing the need for additional energy-intensive cooling systems.
2Temperature
If conventional climate control systems are used, then temperature regulation is achieved, but the outdoor climate around the building deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the harmful effect of solar heating into a benefit by using the building envelope as a thermal storage medium. The walls and roof absorb solar heat during the day, and the stored cooling is released when needed, transforming the heat problem into a useful thermal regulation mechanism that also benefits the outdoor environment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If shading and ventilation systems are used, then some climate control is achieved, but efficiency and regulation capability are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling the building envelope to automatically regulate its own temperature through integrated temperature control elements. The system responds autonomously to thermal conditions, adjusting the thermal properties of the walls and roof without requiring external control systems or manual intervention.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution significantly reduces energy costs by minimizing heat absorption and radiation, maintaining a pleasant indoor and outdoor climate, and reducing urban heat island effects.
Implementation Method 1
the external temperature-control elements are settable to a predefinable temperature value... using a temperature-control medium with properties like water or air to regulate heat absorption
Implementation Method 2
the walls and the roofs of buildings are prevented from heating up and this heat is prevented from entering the interior of the building over a very long period of time and radiating outward
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AI summary
A device for climate control of a building (20), in which flatly formed external temperature elements (5) at least partially cover an outer side of the building (20), wherein the external temperature-control elements (5) are settable to a predefinable temperature value. Furthermore, a temperature-control element (5) and a method for climate control of a building (20) are specified.