wfg publications

WFG PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

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PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS:

Water-filled windows use sunlight to heat and cool buildings
published in Dezeen 3. January 2023

Water-filled Glass: New opportunities in glass construction by Matyas Gutai
published in Intelligent Glass Solutions /IGS/  Summer 2021, page 101-113

SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS:

Global Thermal comfort of standard and advanced glazing envelopes by Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari, Matyas Gutai, Brandon Mok and Giulio Cavana
published in Energy and Buildings (Elsevier) Vol 329. (2025)

Global carbon viability of glass technologies: Life-Cycle Assessment of standard, advanced water-filled glass (WFG) hybrid building envelopes by Matyas Gutai, Brandon Mok, Giulio Cavana and Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari
published in Applied Energy (Elsevier) Vol 367. (2024)

Energy consumption of hybrid smart water-filled glass envelope by Matyas Gutai and Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari
published in Energy and Buildings (Elsevier) Vol 230. (2021)

Construction aspects of hybrid Water-filled Building Envelopes by Matyas Gutai, Shwu-Ting Lee, Bumpei Magori, Yu Morishita, Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari and Joshua Spencer
published in Journal of Facade Design and Engineering (TU Delft) Vol. 8. no. 2 (2020)

Energy consumption of hybrid WFG envelope by Matyas Gutai and Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari
published in Energy and Buildings (Elsevier) Vol 218. (2020)

BOOKS:

Trans-structures: Fluid Architecture and Liquid Engineering by Matyas Gutai
published by Actar Publishers (2015)

MEDIA:

Wicona TE Motion NG: Advancing Facade Technology with Water-filled Glass for Superior Energy Efficiency
published in Glass on Web (2025)

Water-filled windows could both heat and cool buildings
published in New Atlas (2020)

Water-filled windows can keep your home cool and save energy
published in New Scientist (2020)

Liquid engineering: Meet the man who builds houses with water
published in CNN (2016)

PRESS RELEASE:

Wicona Projektstudie Temotion NG mit "Water-filled Glass" sorgt für herausragende Energieffizienz und CO2 Bilanz by Wicona (Hydro Building Systems)
(for English version see article of Glass on Web above)