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  • Adaptive Facades

    • Paper by Walter Haase · Werner Sobek · Enrica Oliva · Michele Andaloro

    Facade engineering aims at appropriately balancing the demands imposed by the context and the capabilities inherent to the materials, the geometries …

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    Digital Enablement for Manufacturing

    • Paper by Melody Rees, Director of Design

    Architectural design freedom achieved on high-end projects currently costs over $1,000/sq. Ft. Building materials have long been relegated to plane s…

  • Facades+ NYC

    Facades+ bring together some of the world’s most productive building professionals. Be inspired and learn how to innovate all steps of facade implementation, from systems and materials to designs and delivery strategies.

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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) mat…

  • Carbon crisis: The embodied carbon challenge

    • Article by Andrew Himes

    The focus of this issue of SKINS is on embodied carbon -- the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions associated with materials and construction processes throughout the whole lifecycle of a building or infrastructure.

  • Solid Surface Material for Facades

    • Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP

    Navigating the building code, while challenging in any respect, can be even trickier when considering the use of emerging materials on building facad…

  • Go Big or Go Home!

    • Paper by Patrick Loughran, FAIA, PE, LEED AP · Richard Barrett, AIA

    This paper will focus on the design and detailing of large-format glass enclosures intended to maximize transparency using state-of-the-art materials…

  • 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 s…

  • Toward Net Zero Enclosures

    Gensler architects Jessica Santonastaso and Alan Estabrook survey existing research on embodied carbon in exterior wall assemblies and the availability of product declarations for relevant materials.

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    Effect of Thermal Bridging on Buildings' Energy Performance

    • Paper by Mahsa Farid Mohajer, Ph.D. Candidate & Teaching Assistant Ajla Aksamija, Associate professor

    Heat transfer through building facades can occur by any combinations of conduction, convection, and/or radiation. Conductive heat transfer depends on…

  • Low-Carbon Cladding and Shading Design

    • Paper by Prateek Jain, LEED · Isabelle Hens, LEED GA, WELL AP, EIT

    In the last few years, the design community has embraced the challenge of reducing embodied carbon in buildings. Several tools are now available for …

  • Contextualizing Glass and Carbon Impacts

    • Paper by Kayla Natividad, PhD, WELL AP, LEED Green Associate, Architectural Technical Service Engineer Kyle Sword, Manager Business Development

    Climate change goals will require significant improvements in the way buildings are constructed and operated. Building reuse can combat climate chang…

  • FTI DIALOGUES: Pushing Change

    Pushing Change: R&D Innovation Processes in Construction Building Products, the second installment of the FTI Dialogues: Suppliers & Contractors Series, took place virtually on Friday, March 26th.

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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 inst…

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    Stainless Steel 101

    • Paper by Michael Mulhern,

    This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation ha…

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    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 pr…

  • The Carbon Footprint of Aluminum Fenestration

    • Paper by Tom Bougher · Richard Braunstein

    The historical focus on reducing the carbon footprint of a building has recently shifted to include more emphasis on embodied carbon, the carbon emit…