We were partners in the FP7-funded COST Action TU1303 (Novel structural skins: Improving sustainability and efficiency through new structural textile materials and designs). The urban built environment is being transformed by building skins derived from textile architecture. Working from a basis of tensioned membranes, these efficient structural forms are being integrated with multi-disciplinary technologies to form new multi-functional systems. This COST Action put together a coalition of researchers, academics, architects, engineers, contractors, asset owners, and policy makers, to create a platform to promote innovation in materials, analysis tools and design concepts. 

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SIMTECH Lab was interested in the impact of the envisaged new structures on the thermal balance of the human body. Partners from 21 European countries participated in this Action.