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EVA Interlayers in Hardened Facades
- Paper by Nicholas Oberts, PE, Associate Principal Mark K. Weaver, PE, SE, Principal Phillip Benshoof, PE, Physical Security Engineer
Explosions can result in very high loads of extremely short durations. Protective design to mitigate the effects of blast loading requires façade…
August 23, 2024
Wind-Borne Debris Impacts on Façades
- Paper by Angela Mejorin, Ph.D., Researcher
Climate change effects are causing an increase in extreme wind events’ frequency and severity, worldwide. Regions that previously were not prone to

August 23, 2024
Facade Resilience Evaluation Framework
- Paper by Fabio Favoino · Adèle Chalumeau · Audrey Aquaronne
Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme events

October 11, 2022
HydroSKIN
- Paper by Christina Eisenbarth, M.Sc. · Walter Haase, Dr.-Ing. · Lucio Blandini, Prof. Dr.-Ing. M.Arch. · Werner Sobek, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c.
Building envelopes cover a considerable part of the urban exterior surfaces, and to therefore have a significant leverage effect on the climate

October 11, 2022
Finally
- Paper by Michael Mulhern
For over 60 years architects, engineers, and consultants have been specifying stainless steels for use in building skins and in some structural

October 11, 2022
Specifying Commercial Aluminum Finishes
- Paper by Ben Mitchell, MBA,
Many factors will influence coating selection, but to achieve the desired performance level for a given situation, coatings must be specified based…
March 14, 2018
Lightning Protection as Building Envelope
- Paper by Jennifer Morgan, Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS,
A building’s envelope mitigates the effects of meteorological phenomena – including lightning – upon the structure and its occupants and contents.…
March 14, 2018
Hurricane-acoustic Glazing Barriers Using New Interlayer Technology
- Paper by Stephen J Bennison, B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D. · Alejandro G Gonzalez · Charles Anthony Smith · Rebecca L Smith · Takuya Kobayashi · Toshiyuki Iguchi
In the last twenty years we have seen the development of polymer interlayers for laminated glass where the resin compositions have been optimized for

March 22, 2020
Duplex Stainless Steel Cladding
- Paper by Fred Deuschle, Director of Engineering & Quality Jim Halliday, Director of Business Development
It was a challenging design problem: supply a sustainable material for roofing, soffit and fascia panels that would perform in close proximity to the…
March 22, 2020