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Connections – Tolerance, Adjustability, Geometric Accuracy
- Paper by Jeff Montague, RA · Scott Abukoff
Connections, those transitions between systems and materials, are critically important when the surfaces are curved or complex. Well-designed

December 10, 2019
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

March 23, 2020
BESTfest
- Event by National Institute of Building Sciences
Since the beginning of the pandemic, building enclosures have received closer scrutiny, with everyone from consumers to building professionals to local and federal government, wanting to know more about their technologies and performance. The BESTfest seminar brings together industry leaders and...

April 28, 2021
New Course on Building Façade Design Developed at Oklahoma State University
- Paper by Bodhisatta Hajra, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering John Phillips, PE,
A façade, which is also called a ‘secondary structural system’, typically separates the exterior from the interior of a building. In recent times,…
September 18, 2024
BioFacades Classification
- Paper by Mary Ben Bonham, Kyoung Hee Kim, Professor, Director of IDRL | Founder of EcoClosure Christiane M. Herr, Professor at the School of Design, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen
Coauthors: Mary Ben Bonham, Department of Architecture + Interior Design, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA [corresponding] [presenting at the…
July 2, 2024
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September 5–7, 2023

Building Innovation 2023 - Call for Abstracts!
- Washington, DC, USA
The National Institute of Building Sciences is gearing up for the industry’s only conference for the entire building community to connect, collaborate, and design solutions for the built environment – and we are looking for speakers.

Industry Event by National Institute of Building Sciences
Build Test Iterate Repeat
- Paper by Elizabeth L McCormick, RA, CPHC, LEED AP
The global increase in atmospheric temperature rise combined with the rapid growth of previously underdeveloped climate zones presents a growing need

March 19, 2020