The Facade and Energy Codes
Ever-increasing performance requirements in the latest version of the energy codes are compelling project teams to consider the thermal performance o…
Ever-increasing performance requirements in the latest version of the energy codes are compelling project teams to consider the thermal performance o…
Energy codes across the country are progressively getting stricter and increasing the threshold for a baseline building’s energy performance. Califor…
Model building codes and standards in the United States use a probabilistic model to define glass load resistance (LR). In general, these model build…
Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been mos…
Thermal bridging through building façades have been overlooked by designers and building energy codes and standards in the past, which has led to hig…
Designing a sustainable rainscreen wall assembly has become an essential part of most new construction projects. Industry principles and energy codes…
Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With ne…
Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope solutions.…
Nowadays the construction industry is characterised by high multifunctional and complex buildings with innovative facade systems. Unlike a simple pre…
Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building typology s…
Curtain walls and window walls are typically specified to meet a variety of different performance and testing criteria, some of which can be quite st…
California is set to be drier and more drought prone with climate change. Wildfire and the subsequent loss of life and housing is a huge challenge. C…
For over 60 years architects, engineers, and consultants have been specifying stainless steels for use in building skins and in some structural appli…
Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building facad…
Over the years, the industry has relied heavily on the increasing performance of low-e coatings to drive window U-factors (thermal transmittance) low…
One of the most complex yet least understood areas where fire can spread is at the perimeter of a building. Fire can not only spread from floor-to-fl…
Large master planned developments such as Battery Park City in Manhattan, Mission Bay in San Francisco, and Playa Vista in Los Angeles were built ove…
ASTM published the first version of ASTM E2461-05: Standard Practice for Determining the Thickness of Glass in Airport Traffic Control Tower Cabs in …
The real estate market continues to demand “all glass” buildings often to the detriment of human comfort and thermal performance. For an office build…
There is a desire in architecture to design and achieve transparent canopies and glazed rooves that are free from the visual clutter and the structur…