Papers

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  • Evaluating The Environmental Performance Of Stick Curtain Wall Systems

    • Paper by Dima Othman, B.A.Ing., M.Eng., LEED AP Daniel Arztmann, Dipl.-Ing., M.Eng., EFN, FTI Professor for Façade Construction, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen Lippe (TH-OWL) Head of Building Physics,

    <p>The construction industry is one of the greatest sources of pollution, where 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions are attributed to…

  • Highly Efficient Façades with Innovative Shading and Light Control featured image

    Highly Efficient Façades with Innovative Shading and Light Control

    • Paper by Klaus Reuschle, Project Director Robert Matthew Noblett, Partner Michelle Siu-Ching Lee, Roman Schieber, Associate Director ppa.

    <p>The Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) on the Allston Campus is the largest new building at Harvard University in recent decades with a…

  • The Seismic Capability of Curtainwalls

    • Paper by Peter Lalas MIEAust CPEng NER APEC Engineer IntPE(Aus)

    The testing of aluminum/glass curtainwalls for seismic capability, mainly inter-story drift, has been carried out on many curtainwalls over the last

  • Steel As A Curtain Wall Framing Material

    • Paper by Charles Knickerbocker

    This paper will explore steel forming methods other than cold drawn or hot rolled processes, and how they allow steel to be utilized as the primary

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    The First Triple Certified Facade

    • Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate

    <p>Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific…