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  • U-Factor Matters in Hot Climates featured image

    U-Factor Matters in Hot Climates

    • Paper by Helen Sanders, PhD, General Manager
    It is commonly thought that fenestration U-factor is not a key determinant in the performance of facades in hot climates, and generally the focus of…
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    Systems Thinking

    • Paper by Gabrielle Brainard, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC, Lecturer
    This paper surveys facade design education in accredited Bachelor and Master of Architecture (B.Arch and M.Arch) programs in the United States. A…

  • Specifying Electrochromic Glass

    • Paper by Belinda Valenti, AIA, LEED AP BD+C · Justin Glover, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    Electrochromic (EC) glass is a seemingly magical solution to a building’s sun shading problems. A technology that was originally developed about

  • Influence of Facade Materials on the Acoustic Environment

    • Paper by Alvaro Balderrama, M.Eng. LEED Green Associate · Daniel Arztmann, Prof. Dipl-Ing. M.Eng. · Jens-Uwe Schulz, Prof. Dipl-Ing.

    Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high

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    United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum

    • Paper by Ilja Aljoskin PMP, Project Manager Lee Pepin, Director of Virtual Design & Construction Neil Meredith RA, Modeler
    Advanced fabrication processes combined with parametric 3D modeling give designers and architects the freedom and versatility to push the boundaries…

  • An Energy-harvesting Building Facade

    • Paper by Fangliang Chen, Ph.D., PE · Qiliang Lin, Ph.D. · Tejav DeGanyar, Ph.D., PE · Huiming Yin, Ph.D., PE,

    In order to reduce energy consumption throughout the whole life-cycle of buildings and increase the comfort performance of building sectors, an

  • Terra Cotta Skins

    • Paper by Laura B. Garofalo

    This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will

  • Feasibility of Measuring Stress in Glass with a SCALP

    • Paper by Nabhajit Goswami · Stephen M Morse, P.E., Ph.D.

    The SCALP device is designed to measure the residual compressive surface stress of glass. As the SCALP does not rely on the birefringence properties

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    VR For Daylight

    • Paper by Kelly Burkhart, Enclosure Technical Designer Caris Frazier-Baker, Technical Artist for Virtual Reality Sanjeev Tankha, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Director of Enclosure Engineering
    Daylighting is often an important component of architectural design and heavily influenced by a building’s facade and enclosure systems. Unlike many…
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    Hydroformed Shading

    • Paper by Michelle Siu-Ching Lee, Architect Robert Matthew Noblett, Partner Roman Schieber, Associate Director
    New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of…
  • Lightweight Veneer in High-rise Unitized Facades featured image

    Lightweight Veneer in High-rise Unitized Facades

    • Paper by Michael Chen, P.E., Principal Antonio Luz, R.A., Senior Associate
    Manufactured veneer panels such as glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC), ultra high performance concrete (UHPC), sintered stone, and terracotta are…

  • Renewing Historic Facades

    • Paper by Christine Reynolds, PE · Hans Thummel, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

    As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the

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    Green Wall Rainscreen

    • Paper by Stephan Wurster, Business Development Manager Till Jackenkroll, Product and Innovation Manager
    Green Wall applications are growing in popularity around the world. Often thought of as a decorative element they provide much more than aesthetic…

  • Sustainable Silicone

    • Paper by Jon Kimberlain · Adrienne Bowman-Grittini · Stanley Yee

    Silicone materials have a long history in high performance building projects. Known for durability, they can reduce a building’s carbon footprint by

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    Thermoelectric Facades

    • Paper by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT, Associate Professor Zlatan Aksamija, PhD, Associate Professor Mahsa Farid Mohajer, Ph.D. Candidate & Teaching Assistant Meenakshi Upadhyaya, PhD Student Guy Vigneau,
    This article discusses design, prototype development and a simulation study of novel types of facade systems, which integrate thermoelectric (TE)…

  • Building Scale Mock-up

    • Paper by Michael Martinez · Asim Tahir

    Until recently, Google has occupied buildings that were designed for others and modified the interiors to suit its needs. Many of the improvements

  • Optimized Adaptive Re-Use

    • Paper by Matthew Parker · John Souleles

    Contemporary building practice represents a disconnect between traditional manufacturing techniques, that favor straight runs and orthogonal

  • The Glass Failure Prediction Model featured image

    The Glass Failure Prediction Model

    • Paper by James G. Soules, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F. SEI, F. ASCE, Graduate Student, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Stephen M. Morse, P.E., Ph.D., A.M, ASTM, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D., F. FTI, F. ASCE, F. ASTM, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
    ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being…

  • Heat-Treated Glass

    • Paper by Reece Poth · Conner Claus

    What was once an accepted reality in heat-treated exterior glass, optical disturbances in glass are under increasing scrutiny by developers,