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Put Your Sweater On!
- Paper by Eric Haas, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
During the particularly cold first months of 1977 President Jimmy Carter, in what some call “The Sweater Speech,” famously noted how much energy

January 22, 2020
Design Principles For Museum Daylight Systems
- Paper by Edgar Stach, PhD · Michael Esposito
This research unlocks the relationship between space, structure and light in nine unique museums developed by architect Renzo Piano. Renzo Piano uses

October 11, 2022
Remembering Peter Rice
- Article by Mic Patterson, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, Ambassador of Innovation and Collaboration
What does an engineer do? An engineer imagines. What are your sources of inspiration? Mic Patterson remembers Peter Rice and discusses his enduring legacy.

January 12, 2018
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
Infinite Panel System
- Paper by Mike Ryan, Director of Product Development Facades Division Brian Stern, Regional Energy Director Michael Adams, Senior Energy Analyst
Today, building facades are expected to do much more than merely provide shelter, which is driving the need for higher performing envelope solutions.…
March 15, 2020
Renewing Historic Facades
- Paper by Christine Reynolds, PE · Hans Thummel, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the

March 22, 2020
Edge Lighting Glazing with Hidden Fixtures
- Paper by Dave McCarroll · Dan Weinreber · Lei Fu
Dynamic architectural lighting in urban areas is a key element in creating attractive nighttime icons in addition to potentially generating

March 14, 2018
Process of Repair Evaluation
- Paper by Linda Fu, RA, LEED AP · Christopher Morgan, P.E.
As the building stock ages around the country and the consequences of design and/or construction that are deficient or lack resiliency become

March 22, 2020
Verifying Thermal Performance
- Paper by Matthew Herman · Mark Walsh
Architects specify curtain wall thermal performance criteria and usually identify simple modeling software, like THERM, to perform thermal analysis

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