Papers

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  • Targeted Enclosure Consulting

    • Paper by Karl Jones

    As building enclosure consulting services evolve and mature in markets, the scopes of service that are provided and sought, can become more

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    Environmental Facade Perspective

    • Paper by Patricia Shaw, M Arch., MSc Facade Engineering, Facade Specialist
    Designing a sustainable rainscreen wall assembly has become an essential part of most new construction projects. Industry principles and energy codes…
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    Vertical Louvered Solar Control

    • Paper by Clifton Fordham, RA, LEED AP,
    Exterior shading devices, when typically used, are horizontal planes that are most effective at the south face of buildings in the northern…
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    Novel Thermal Break Solution

    • Paper by Yuzhen Steve Zhou, Technical Director - Warmframe Technology Corporation
    Thermal-break-blanket technology is a novel and high-performance thermal break solution for aluminum curtain walls. The thermal-break-blanket is…

  • Advances in Laminated Glass Engineering

    • Paper by Richard Green PE (WA, NY, TX, CO, OR, MT), M.IEAUST CPEng, NER(Aus), APEC Engineer, IntPE(Aus), RBP(Vic), Principal - Owner
    The stability of monolithic glass fins is reasonably well defined; as an elastic material it behaves in a similar manner to other elastic materials…
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    Designing Structural Laminated Glass

    • Paper by Vaughn Schauss,
    Laminated glass with standard PVB has long been used for safety and security due to its ability to adhere the broken glass fragments together. As the…
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    Thinking About Facades

    • Paper by Marc Schiler, FASES, LC,
    There have been three decades of liberating developments in the application of descriptive geometry and freeform design methods, as well as the…

  • Thermoelectric Facades

    • Paper by Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT · Zlatan Aksamija, PhD · Mahsa Farid Mohajer · Meenakshi Upadhyaya · Guy Vigneau

    This article discusses design, prototype development and a simulation study of novel types of facade systems, which integrate thermoelectric (TE)

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    Unitized Curtain Wall

    • Paper by Brian Masuda, Kathleen Kulpa, Margaret Tyrpa,
    Unitized curtain wall has become ubiquitous in contemporary facade design and construction due to advantages associated with speed of erection, lower…

  • 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

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    Contextual Envelopes

    • Paper by Zoltan Neville,
    Aesthetic and technical capabilities of facade design have become seemingly endless as building technologies progress. While the capacity to address…

  • A Structural Glass Design Manual

    • Paper by Richard Green PE SE P.Eng CPEng IntPE(Aust) APEC Engineer, Principal / Owner Terrence McDonnell S.E., P.E., P.Eng., SECB, Principal Andrew Crosby BASc, P.Eng., LEED® AP BD+C, Principal
    Other than limited special cases, there is a lack of standards providing guidance on the design of structural glass. This has resulted in an ad-hoc…

  • Geometric Patterns as Architectural Forms

    • Paper by Joshua Schultz, PhD, PE, LEED AP · Neil Katz, AIA

    Facade design is a key component of architectural expression, and increasingly a key design consideration due to growing importance of factors like:

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    End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design

    • Paper by Rebecca Hartwell, PhD Candidate Mauro Overend, Professor of Structural Design & Mechanics
    In recent decades, there has been increased attention to reduce the operational energy performance of buildings. Stringent legislation on building…
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    Silicone Spandrel Glass Opacifiers

    • Paper by Scott Norville, Samir Blanchet, George Torok, Kris Vockler, John Swanson, Chris Barry, Lawrence Carbary, Stephane Hoffman, Timothy Krytenberg, Chris Fronsoe,
    Curtain wall design commonly uses insulating glass units for vision and spandrel glazing to provide better visual harmonization of building facade…

  • Carbon-Neutral High-Rise Envelope Nexus

    • Paper by Thomas Spiegelhalter, Principal
    The pathway to carbon-neutrality, as urged during the COP 21 in Paris, and the repeated goal for resilient buildings and urban habitats, winds right…
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    Smart Colored Window Technology

    • Paper by Negar Heidari Matin, negar.matin@ou.edu Seyed Mojtaba Mirabedini, Visiting Professor at Eastern Michigan University Zhina Rashidzadeh, Ph.D. student at Gibbs College of Architecture
    Traditional architecture can be a valuable source of inspiration for designers. Sustainable design concepts in traditional architecture have been…
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    Advances in Effective Thickness

    • Paper by Adam J Nizich, P.E., Senior Consulting Engineer Andrea M. La Greca, P.E., Consulting Engineer Laura Galuppi, PhD, Assistant Professor of Solid and Structural Mechanics
    Effective thickness is a simplified method for the structural evaluation of laminated glass section properties. The method consists of defining the…
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    Facade Mock-ups

    • Paper by Andy Lang, AScT, Principal / Facade Specialist
    Curtain walls and window walls are typically specified to meet a variety of different performance and testing criteria, some of which can be quite…