News and events
News and events
Stay updated on prototype development, testing campaigns, and technological improvements from the ZERAF team.
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ZERAF innovative facade at Klimahouse 2026
Klimahouse is a leading international trade fair for sustainable building and energy‑efficient architecture, held annually in Bolzano (Italy). It brings…
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ZERAF: The Facade Concept Behind the Revolution in Building Energy Efficiency
The ZERAF project tackles a major issue in the building sector: high energy consumption and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions. In the…
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Outdoor Thermal Testing of ZERAF’s with Kinetic Cladding Variants
A comprehensive experimental campaign on the full ZERAF system has been successfully concluded at Eurac Research’s outdoor laboratories —evaluating both…
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Interdisciplinary research: research activities and the role of different team members
The mission of the ZERAF research project is to revolutionize building facades by making them adaptive, intelligent, and environmentally friendly.…
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Podcast episode about adaptive facade technologies
How might Adaptive Façades Revolutionize Building Energy Efficiency? Listen to the dedicated episode of researchpod by Karger Publishers to know…
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Preliminary assessment of ZERAF’s impact on operational energy use in buildings
The first public report of ZERAF project is already available. It presents the results of the quantification of potential operational…
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Understanding ZERAF Façade Technology: Technical Insights and Possible Variations
ZERAF (ZERo-carbon building enabler Adaptive opaque Facade technology) is a groundbreaking facade concept designed to drastically reduce the carbon footprint…
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Project meeting of ZERAF at Ingpuls Smart Shadings
The 18th and 19th of April 2024 we met for our project meeting at Ingpuls Smart Shadings. Ingpuls Smart Shading is our…
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Summary & results of 2023
It has been almost a year since the ZERAF project began, and the interdisciplinary research has yielded many results, including: …