Ventilated façades have been in demand for roughly three decades. Today, more and more, architects, contractors and building owners are looking to improve the acoustic and thermal performance of their buildings. End-users demand more comfortable places to live, work and rest. Overall, those “in the know,” want their buildings to be more energy-efficient and sustainable, without losing aesthetics. For so many reasons, they insist to have clean, modern, and streamlined exterior building exteriors. A ventilated façade is perhaps the best way to accomplish all the above.
A ventilated façade (also known as double-skin façades or rainscreen systems) is a construction method offering a physical separation that is created between a building’s exterior cladding and its interior wall. This separation creates an open cavity, allowing the exchange of the air contained between the wall and the outer cladding. This sometimes is referred to as the “chimney effect.” This cavity ultimately results in a range of thermal, acoustic, aesthetic, and functional advantages that add great value to the building. These benefits include: