Papers

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  • Impact Of Thermal Bridges On The Energy Response Of A Building

    • Paper by Ilaria Sebastiani · Riccardo Pinotti · Stefano Avesani · Simone D’Amore · Stefano Pampanin

    The European building stock is mainly constituted by highly energy demanding buildings. The only way to a more sustainable and decarbonized building

  • More Than a Facade

    • Paper by Edward Losch · Marc Maguire

    In 2014, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) as an accredited ANSI Standards

  • The Carapace Pavilion

    • Paper by Douglas Noble, PhD, FAIA · Karen M. Kensek, DPACSA

    The Carapace Pavilion is a university-based, design-build, full-scale custom prototype for a possible replacement of the standard precast concrete

  • Transfer Topologies

    • Paper by Nada Tarkhan

    This research looks at the relationship of material and geometric distribution to set a methodology for integrating structural and thermal design.

  • Infinite Panel System

    • Paper by Mike Ryan · Brian Stern · Michael Adams

    Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope solutions.

  • Hardened Facades Effects on Structural Systems

    • Paper by Aldo E. McKay, PE · Cliff A. Jones, SE, PE, PSP · Phillip Benshoof, PE

    To ensure the safety of U.S diplomatic personnel overseas, the U.S Department of State (DoS) has developed facade retrofits capable of resisting high

  • Transitions Between Diverse Envelope Systems

    • Paper by Kristian Fosholt, LEED AP BD+C · Megan Koehler, AIA, LEED AP BD+C · Andrew Tsay Jacobs, AIA, EIT, LEED AP BD+C

    The Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California features an extremely diverse set of facade systems within one