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Unitized Cavity Wall Design and Implementation
- Paper by Dan Bettenhausen, Ph.D., Director of Mechanical Engineering
Double Skin Facades (DSF), constructed from individual aluminum framed curtain wall assemblies, provide a means of achieving acoustic and thermal…
September 2, 2024
The Facade and Energy Codes
- Paper by Elliot Glassman,
Ever-increasing performance requirements in the latest version of the energy codes are compelling project teams to consider the thermal performance…
October 11, 2022
Multi Layer Facades
- Paper by Robert Moisy,
The history of high performance facades and glazing has been a tale of attempting to manage the conflicting requirements of, on one hand inviting…
March 14, 2018
A Compact, Unitized Double Skin Facade
- Paper by Alex Cox, LEED AP, James Hock, LEED AP BD+C, Laura Ziegler, Karin Lamberts,
Driven by an increasing demand for high thermal and acoustic performance, transparency, and low maintenance costs, a number of facade innovations…
March 12, 2018