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A - CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATION LINKS

Association for Preservation Technology (APT) website - www.apti.org
Modern Heritage Technical Committee website - www.apti.org/modern-heritage
Sustainable Preservation Technical Committee website - www.apti.org/sustainable-preservation

B - BUILDING REUSE AND MODERN HERITAGE

link to the Renewing Modernism Video
Renewing Modernism - You Tube
Façade Tectonics Resource on disassembly and façade reuse
End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design | Facade Tectonics Institute
Embodied carbon and need to care for existing buildings:(salvage and reuse)
Dear Architects: If You Really Want to Be More Sustainable, Start Prioritizing Reuse Projects
Architizer The Case for Reuse Carbon Reductions
Repair of Modern Structures: Stepping Back and Looking Forward includes project examples
Repair_of_Modern_Structures.pdf (upenn.edu)
The Feasibility of OSCAR - Online Sustainable Conservation Assistance Resource
The Feasibility of OSCAR

C - EMBODIED CARBON IN CONSTRUCTION CALCULATORS (Open Source)

CARE (Carbon Avoided: Retrofit Estimator) Tool
CARE Tool | Carbon Avoided: Retrofit Estimator
EPIC (Early Phase Integrated Carbon) Assessment Tool
EPIC Assessment (ehdd.com)
BEAM (Building Emissions Accounting for Materials) Estimator Tool
Builders for Climate Action - BEAM Estimator
Related Link - converts emissions or energy data to the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from using that amount.
Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator | US EPA

D - THERMAL ENVELOPE AND INSULATION CALCULATORS (Open Source)

Passive House - Window Comfort & Condensation Risk Assessment Tool
Passive House - Window Comfort & Condensation Risk Assessment Tool
Passive House - Critical Interior Surface Temperature Calculator
Passive House - Critical Interior Surface Temperature Calculator
Passive House - Fastener Correction Thermal Bridge Calculator
Passive House - Fastener Correction Thermal Bridge Calculator
Passive House - Thermal Bridge Psi-Value Calculator
Passive House - Thermal Bridge Psi-Value Calculator
Department of Energy - Energy Modeling Software
EnergyPlus | Department of Energy
THERM - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) -Models heat-transfer effects in building components
Software Tools | THERM
WUFI - calculates the coupled heat and moisture transfer in multi-layer building components exposed to natural weather.
WUFI Software (ornl.gov)

E - MATERIAL LIFE CYCLE AND LIFE CYCLE COST ANALYSIS

AIA Guide to Building Life Cycle Assessment
AIA Guide to Building Life Cycle Assessment in Practice
Carbon Leadership Forum - Life Cycle Assessment of Building: A Practice Guide
CLF-LCA-Practice-Guide_2019-05-23.pdf (carbonleadershipforum.org)
Carbon Leadership Forum - Recommended Building Component Lifespans
CLF_Recommendations_BuildingComponentLifespans_07-06-2018.pdf (carbonleadershipforum.org)
E Tool - Typical Life Expectancy of Building Components
BuildingComponentLifeExpectancy.pdf (etoolglobal.com)

F - COMMERCIAL BUILDING TAX DEDUCTION CALCULATOR

Department of Energy Commercial Building Tax Deduction Calculator
Qualified Software for Calculating Commercial Building Tax Deductions | Department of Energy

G - ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION (EPD) RESOURCES

Revalu – Digital Platform that Centralizes EPD Data
revalu.io
ARCAT – Catalogues EPDs by CSI Divisions
ARCAT – EPDs
Sweets Building Products – Searchable EPD Database
Sweets Building Products - EPDs)
ICC Evaluation Services -– Searchable EPD Database
EPD Directory - ICC Evaluation Service, LLC (ICC-ES)
The International EPD System
EPD International (environdec.com)

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Facade Tectonics Institute
Association of Preservation Technology - Technical Committee of Modern Heritage

Contact info@facadetectonics.org to add to or comment on this document.

Special thanks to members of the APT TC-MH for their contributions to this document, a collaboration between the APT and FTI.

- Article by Mic Patterson PhD
Deep green skins: Façade assembly design for adaptive capacity, durability, and disassembly
- Article by Cory Rouillard, AIA, APT RP, LEED AP, Senior Associate
Appropriate Repair and Retrofit for Carbon Reductions: OSCAR
- Article by Mic Patterson
Exploring Heritage: Building on the Past
- Article by David Fixler, FAIA, FAPT LEED, Architect
Introduction to APT
- Article by Lori Ferriss, AIA, PE, LEED AP BD+C
Leveraging Avoided Emissions Through Retrofit and Reuse: the CARE Tool
- Article by Caroline Alderson, FAPT
Guidelines for the Treatment of Aging Composite Materials and Assemblies
- Article by Angel Ayón, AIA, NCARB, NOMA, LEED AP, Principal
A Break From The Past: How the Guggenheim Renovation Made Thermally Broken Steel Windows a New Normal
- Article by David Artigas, P.E.
The Energy Performance of Mid-Century Metal-and-Glass Curtain Walls
- Article by Adrienne Cressman · Melissa Patterson · Michael McClelland · Liisa Morley
Repainting the Existing Curtain Wall at Toronto Dominion Centre
- Article by David Kayll, FMA, P.Eng, President and senior building science specialist
Stop Relying on Myths – Energy Efficient and Durable Heritage Building Enclosures
- Article by Mark Thompson Brandt, OAA, RAIC, FAPT-RP, LEED AP, CAHP,, Founding Partner
Building Rehab/Reuse, Decarbonization and Modern-Era Precast Facades
- Article by FTI Embodied Carbon Working Group
Focus on carbon: Unlocking embodied carbon reductions in facade systems

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