Mastery of Measurement
The conventional approach to specifying dimensional tolerances in architecture and construction is inadequate in the theater of premanufacturing
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Facade Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies
<p>Facades are increasingly being recognized as a major contributor to whole-building embodied carbon. While designers know how to reduce the…
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Multifunctional Building Material Glass - A Colourful Bunch Of Requirements
<p>Glass as a building material plays a very important role in modern architecture, determines our visual landscape, and fulfills practical functions…
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Low-Carbon Cladding and Shading Design
In the last few years, the design community has embraced the challenge of reducing embodied carbon in buildings. Several tools are now available for
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Transparent Aerogel Window
<p>Incorporating a novel, transparent monolithic aerogel into insulated glass units (IGUs) for windows and building enclosures will provide the…
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Towards Net Zero Enclosures
<p>As architects and designers we understand the urgency of addressing the building sector’s role in the ongoing environmental crisis.…
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New Challenges – New Facades!
Being part of the European Façade Network efn, an association of ten research and education entities throughout Europe, I would like to share my experiences of last year’s conferences and research activities with this brief contribution.
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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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Stainless Steel 101
This paper presents a summary of the industry advances beyond T304 and T316 austenitic stainless steels. The greater availability of precipitation
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In Factory Commissioning
<p>Factory inspection visits are vital, yet they unfortunately have a habit of being overlooked. The factory inspection process during the Building…