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Facades for High-Performance Workplaces
- Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Assoc. DBIA, Senior Associate
How has the role of the façade evolved in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing fight to combat the climate change crisis? As companies grapple…
September 2, 2024
Evaluating The Environmental Performance Of Stick Curtain Wall Systems
- Paper by Dima Othman, B.A.Ing., M.Eng., LEED AP Daniel Arztmann, Dipl.-Ing., M.Eng., EFN, FTI Professor for Façade Construction, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen Lippe (TH-OWL) Head of Building Physics,
The construction industry is one of the greatest sources of pollution, where 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions are attributed to…
October 11, 2022
Adaptive Building Envelope
- Paper by Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari · Jochen Lam
Designing a multi-functional building envelope as an architectural façade, environmental interface and solar collector is a multi-objective

October 10, 2016
Unitized Curtain Wall
- Paper by Brian Masuda, Kathleen Kulpa, Margaret Tyrpa,
Unitized curtain wall has become ubiquitous in contemporary facade design and construction due to advantages associated with speed of erection, lower…
March 14, 2018
Summer Sessions at UMass: Sustainable, High-Performance Facades
- Article by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT
Education is a core mission of the Institute. Ajla’s program is tailored to practicing professionals and represents a unique opportunity to ramp up your facade system expertise with a leading educator/practitioner. Check out Ajla’s bio and course description, and give it some serious consideration.

April 08, 2020
Combustible Cladding
- Paper by Juliet Landler, Principal Engineer
When it comes to the subject of building enclosure in Australia, one topic has eclipsed all others in recent years: combustible cladding. It has even…
March 22, 2020