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    The Net Zero Webinar Series

    The Net Zero Webinar Series is an ongoing platform for you to expand your knowledge of innovations and trends in climate, carbon, energy, water, waste, and transit as we work together to build a net zero future for all people.

    Industry Event by Verdical Group

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    The Net Zero Webinar Series

    The Net Zero Webinar Series is an ongoing platform for you to expand your knowledge of innovations and trends in climate, carbon, energy, water, waste, and transit as we work together to build a net zero future for all people.

    Industry Event by Verdical Group

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    The Net Zero Webinar Series

    The Net Zero Webinar Series is an ongoing platform for you to expand your knowledge of innovations and trends in climate, carbon, energy, water, waste, and transit as we work together to build a net zero future for all people.

    Industry Event by Verdical Group

  • Reconfigurable Terracotta Facade

    • Paper by Jin Young Song · Dan Vrana · Jonathan Hopp · Shawn Murrey · Jiatao Wu · Jongmin Shim

    The traditional building facade as a permanent construction does not actively respond to the differing needs from varying weather conditions.

  • The Butterfly

    • Paper by Venelin Kokalov · Shinobu Homma, Architect AIBC, AAA, MRAIC · Amirali Javidan · Zhuoli Yang, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C

    Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building typology

  • Multi-domain Assessment of a Kinetic Facade

    • Paper by Kunyo Luo · Karen Kensek, LEED AP BD+C, DPACSA · Marc Schiler, FASES

    An assessment workflow was created to simulate and evaluate the performance of a kinetic facade in an interior space. It includes parameters of

  • Kinetics in Building Facades

    • Paper by Sean Cullen · Professor Greg Keeffe

    The prominence of climatically responsive building facades through the use of kinetics has proliferated in recent years due to a concern for the

  • Wherefor Aluminum: Materiality of Curtain Wall Systems

    Historically, the material advantages of aluminum have resulted in its widespread application as curtain wall framing. But amidst the 21st century push for increased energy performance, aluminum is also characterized by problematic thermal properties and a high-embodied energy profile.

  • Introducing FacadeRetrofit.org

    • Press Release

    Los Angeles, CA – July 16, 2015 - While most of the green building dialog focuses on new construction, many have recognized that the fastest and most effective way to improve energy efficiency of the building sector is by remedying our existing building stock.

  • OpenFacadeControl

    • Paper by Peter Grant · Tzu-Ching Su · Luis Fernandes · Jordan Shackelford · Anand Prakash · Stephen Czarnecki · Pei-Yu Yu · Feng-Yi Lin

    Automated facades are, for the most part, still considered as separate from other building systems throughout the design, installation,

  • Passive House Facade Design and Construction

    • Paper by Louis Koehl, AIA, CPHD

    Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure on

  • ACT Facade

    • Paper by Paul-Rouven Denz · Daniel Arztmann · Natchai Suwannapruk

    Due to material and technological advancement during the last century, transparency has become a prominent trend in contemporary architecture.

  • Historical Evolution of Responsive Facades

    • Paper by Negar Heidari Matin, Ph.D. Candidate, LEED GA · Ali Eydgahi, Ph.D. · Shimming Shyu, Ph.D., RA, LEED AP BD+C · Payam H. Matin, Ph.D.

    Responsive facade system is considered a major component of high-performance building envelope that is capable of responding to environmental stimuli

  • 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

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    Advanced Building Skins

    • Bern, Switzerland

    The aim of the Conference on Advanced Building Skins is to achieve a multi-disciplinary, integrated planning approach with architects, engineers, scientists, manufacturers and the building industry to reduce energy consumption of buildings.

    Industry Event by Advanced Building Skins GmbH