TES Energyfacade

The improvement of the energy efficiency of the envelope of buildings built from 1950-1980 is a major benefit to the energy saving potential as well as a vital contribution to the reduction of the household’s total CO2 emissions. The goal of the project was to develop a façade renovation method (TES method) based on large scale, timber based elements for the substantial improvement of the energy efficiency of a renovated building, which would be applicable throughout Europe. The target of the TES method is primarily focused on the building’s energy efficiency improvement and as a consequence in the reduction of GHG emissions. Every activity in construction  is responsible for the consumption of additional resources in the form of raw materials or energy and therefore causes emissions. A possible solution to this dilemma is the adoption of a sustainable and ecological retrofit method based preferably on biogenic materials. The timber based value chain offers an enormous potential to activate the carbon stock as timber is the only regrown building material. Along the value chain of timber, combustion of wood has to stand last.

TES EnergyFacade has defined basic principles for the energetic modernisation of the building envelope using prefabricated large-sized timber frame elements. The basis for the use of prefabricated retrofit building elements is a frictionless digital workflow from survey, planning, off site production and mounting on site based on a precise initial 3D measurement.

The outstanding properties of the application of TES EnergyFacade are:
• Precision and quality of an ecological building system
• Predictable pricing and reduction of work on-site
• Reduction of noise and disruption of the inhabitants
• Application of a great variety of cladding materials
• Integration of load bearing elements
• Integration of HVAC and solar-active components
• Spatial intervention or expansion (modules) in the same system