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Tool For Facade Inspection Traceability
- Paper by John Medina, Owner, Senior Principal Jorge Moya, Forensic and Chemical Analyst Maria Moral, Architect - Junio Principal Guillermo Saavedra, Architect - Junior Principal
Building façade inspections have multiple objectives, such as forensic investigation of a failure, maintenance code compliance, etc. Architects,…
September 2, 2024
Facade Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies
- Paper by Isabelle Hens, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Facades are increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to whole-building embodied carbon. While designers know how to reduce the embodied

August 23, 2024
Evaluating The Environmental Performance Of Stick Curtain Wall Systems
- Paper by Dima Othman · Daniel Arztmann
The construction industry is one of the greatest sources of pollution, where 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions are attributed to

October 11, 2022
Low-Carbon Cladding and Shading Design
- Paper by Prateek Jain, LEED, Senior Environmental Designer 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…
October 11, 2022
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

October 11, 2022
Façade Systems and Embodied Carbon
- Paper by Paulina Szpiech · Valerie Leon-Green · Shivanie Rambaran
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to quantify the impact of building construction supply chains on the environment in terms of

October 11, 2022
Pioneering the Structural Terracotta Mullion Façade
- Paper by Victoria Ereskina · John Neary
Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been

October 11, 2022
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…
March 14, 2018
Evaluating Additive Manufacturing for Metallic Facade Components
- Paper by Natasa Mrazovic, M. Arch. Eng., M.C.E. · Martin Fischer
The state-of-the-art of Additive Manufacturing (AM), popularly known as 3D printing, shows its prospective future in the

March 14, 2018
End-of-Life Challenges in Facade Design
- Paper by Rebecca Hartwell · Mauro Overend
In recent decades, there has been increased attention to reduce the operational energy performance of buildings. Stringent legislation on building

December 10, 2019
Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance
- Paper by Brian Fraumeni, Associate, Project Designer Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Strategist Adam Moqrane, Intern
High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy…
May 22, 2020