ADAPTIVE AND CLIMATE RESPONSIVE FACADES FOR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN DUBAI

by Mary-Joe Daccache

Dubai’s dry desert climate has long been challenging to achieve indoor comfort passively. The abundance of oil and cheap electricity resulted in high consumption of energy for cooling. Therefore, commercial buildings did not require operable facades to achieve indoor comfort from outdoor conditions. In 2006, Dubai set out a goal to have the smallest carbon footprint in the world by 2050 demanding it to change its environmental strategies.