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  • 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 sixt…

  • CR∆CKİNG THЄ C󉘳DЄ // DYN∆MİC L∆B F∆C∆DЄS

    • Paper by Amanda King, AIA, LEED AP BD&C, CPHC · Dayita Kumar, LEED GA · Daniel Nauman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CPHC

    The real estate market continues to demand “all glass” buildings often to the detriment of human comfort and thermal performance. For an office build…

  • 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 …

  • Enhancing an Icon: 71 Above at the US Bank Tower

    • Article by Amanda Weko

    The 71Above restaurant on the 71st floor of the U.S. Bank Tower features 192 electrochromic windows installed by Giroux Glass, Inc. Explore the sensory experience made possible by glazing choices and why we’re apt to see more tech-driven smart window installations in the future.

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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 exp…