Papers

49 results

  • Retroreflective Coating for Window Blinds featured image

    Retroreflective Coating for Window Blinds

    • Paper by Luca Papaiz, Lars Oliver Grobe, Giuseppe De Michele,
    Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight…

  • OpenFacadeControl

    • Paper by Peter Grant, Technology Researcher II Tzu-Ching Su, Deputy Manager Luis Fernandes, Jordan Shackelford, Technology Researcher III Anand Prakash, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate Stephen Czarnecki, Software Developer Pei-Yu Yu, Deputy Division Director Feng-Yi Lin, Engineer
    Automated facades are, for the most part, still considered as separate from other building systems throughout the design, installation,…
  • Glass Strength Under Point Loading featured image

    Glass Strength Under Point Loading

    • Paper by Joshua Schultz, Ph.D, P.E., LEED AP, ENV SP, John Knowles, PE SE, Kedar Malusare,
    Structural glass is used in a range of building applications, and while the ASTM E1300 has recently been updated to provide a design method to…
  • Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance featured image

    Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance

    • Paper by Brian Fraumeni, Associate, Project Designer Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Strategist Adam Moqrane, Intern
    High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy…
  • The Versatile Envelope Garden featured image

    The Versatile Envelope Garden

    • Paper by Nathaniel Barlam, Architectural Design Lead Yunyao Lin, Assistant Designer Ben Silverman, CTO + Cofounder at Edenworks
    Facades play an integral role in defining the experience of modern life. As rising populations gravitate from rural to urban communities, they bring…
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    Nested Density

    • Paper by Wendy Cox, Architect, Associate Professor
    Projecting imagery onto building facades is not only becoming a marketing necessity for successful urban spectacles but is also altering social urban…

  • Facades for High-Performance Workplaces

    • Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Assoc. DBIA

    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

  • Blurred Edges

    • Paper by Elizabeth L. McCormick AIA, WELL AP, LEED AP, CPHC

    Sealed indoor environments have created artificial, homogeneous ecosystems that sever ties between humans and the natural world. This paper

  • Building Scale Mock-up featured image

    Building Scale Mock-up

    • Paper by Michael Martinez, Associate Asim Tahir, District & Renewable Energy Lead
    Until recently, Google has occupied buildings that were designed for others and modified the interiors to suit its needs. Many of the improvements…

  • Facade Maintenance Access

    • Paper by Carmen Chun, MEng, P.Eng., LEED® AP, Associate Leonard Pianalto MSc (Civil), P.Eng., LEED® AP, FEC, Managing Principal
    Facades are an architectural feature and an integral part of the building enclosure. To ensure that the facades continue their function, they must be…

  • Behind the Surface

    • Paper by Damon Caldwell,
    The architectural facade, like clothing for a building's form, serves as both an aesthetic expression and a protective veil, concealing the inner…

  • Rethinking Building Skins

    • Paper by Eugenia Gasparri · Arianna Brambilla · Gabriele Lobaccaro · Francesco Goia · Annalisa Andaloro · Alberto Sangiorgio

    Building skins play a pivotal role in architecture. Other than the aesthetical and architectural aspects, facades are key to the climate performance,

  • Sustainable Materials

    • Paper by Michael C. Mulhern P.E.

    Stainless steel has been successfully used in building envelopes since the completion of the Chrysler building in 1928. Today, it is used as both a

  • Designing with Photovoltaics

    • Paper by Wayne Walker · Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C · Sam Crawford

    Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With

  • Envelope For Service

    • Paper by Annalisa Andaloro · Miren Juaristi · Stefano Avesani · Giulia Santoro · Matteo Orlandi

    Envelope-for-Service (E4S) is a novel business model developed with the aim of converting the building façade from a traditionally traded good to a

  • Facing Density

    • Paper by Wendy Cox,
    The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs projects a world population growth of over three billion over our current, nearly eight…
  • Performance of Compact, Closed Cavity, Double-skin Curtain Wall featured image

    Performance of Compact, Closed Cavity, Double-skin Curtain Wall

    • Paper by Julien Schwartz, M. Eng., Building Energy Consultant Katie Hay, P. Eng., Building Science Consultant Stéphane Hoffman, M. Arch., M. Eng, PE, Vice President, Building Science Analytics
    A proposed design for a compact, closed cavity, double-skin curtain wall system in the Marine climate of the West Coast raises questions of potential…