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Sustainable Facades book cover photo only Ajla

Article by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT

Summer Sessions at UMass: Sustainable, High-Performance Facades

Float Glass Production

Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, Ambassador of Innovation and Collaboration

Material Matters: Embodied Carbon Considerations Impacting Design Practices for Facade Systems, Buildings, and Urban Habitat

Facade Futures

Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, Ambassador of Innovation and Collaboration

Facade Futures 2018: Considering long-term trends in curtainwall technology

Interior view of Puma facade

Article by Karine Charlebois, PE, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate

Building Facade as a Branding Vehicle

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Kaleidoscope: Bringing the Lens of Embodied Carbon to the Early Design Process - Becca McGee Sturgeon
- Article by Becca McGee Sturgeon
What environmental impact does one object have on the world? This is the question at the core of life cycle assessments (LCA); the embodied carbon lens. ...the current architectural practice rarely provides enough time to explore this type of examination.

September 27, 2021
Cool precast concrete enclosure studies from Washington U. in St. Louis
- Article by Pablo Moyano Fernandez, Assistant Professor
Precast Concrete Enclosures is an elective course taught by Assistant Professor Pablo Moyano Fernandez at Washington University in St. Louis. The primary goal of the course is to enable students to envision and materialize full-scale building envelopes using precast concrete.

September 27, 2021
Addressing climate change through façade design - Vaclav Hasik
- Article by Vaclav Hasik
There is a growing awareness and interest in understanding the carbon footprint of material manufacturing, opening doors to new opportunities in facade design and manufacturing innovation. There are steps and decisions we can make today to help fight climate change.

September 20, 2021
Carbon crisis: The embodied carbon challenge
- Article by Andrew Himes
The focus of this issue of SKINS is on embodied carbon -- the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions associated with materials and construction processes throughout the whole lifecycle of a building or infrastructure.

September 13, 2021
Simulation vs. reality: FTI Forum recap
- Article by Stéphane Hoffman · Hamid Vossoughi
The Simulation vs. Reality Forum proved to be the most popular yet hosted by FTI, in person or virtual, emphasizing the importance and sensitivity of this topic in our professional work and its impact on the built environment.

July 15, 2021

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