Importance of Smart Materials Application In Building Skins: An Overview

The last few years have seen the emergence of a new categorization in the buildings made possible due to the varying superior technology making it behave as an ecologically perfect unit. This has been achieved due to the rationale thought given to the criteria associated with functional aspects of materials and related products that are responsive to the dynamics of direct or indirect surrounding changes and adjusting themselves accordingly. Scientific research has added more importance to the utilisation of smart materials in Architectural engineering. The researches concluded before, emphasising the use of smart materials in building envelopes that are real–time responses to environmental stimuli has been reviewed in the paper. The research paper discusses the structural and physical properties of the smart materials integrated into the building skins that can kinetically adapt and respond to the changes in the climatic conditions to generate energy by improving the overall building performance and enhancing the internal habitable environment.