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  • Performance-based Facade Framework featured image

    Performance-based Facade Framework

    • Paper by Mahsa Minaei, Ph.D. Candidate-Author Ajla Aksamija, Associate Professor-Co Author
    Buildings have a considerable impact on the environment, and it is crucial to consider environmental and energy performance in building design.…

  • building HEALTHY building(s)

    Healthy buildings were explored in a recent conference in Germany. Hosted by Schuco International, participants from 18 universities, representatives from research institutes, and political and business leaders shared a spirited 2-day exchange of ideas.

  • FreMarq Innovations Inc

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    FreMarq engineers and fabricates high performing thermal fenestration products, curtain wall, fixed windows, window walls, vents and sunshades. Our primary focus is to reduce the energy consumption and carbon footprint of commercial buildings by improving the thermal efficiency of its envelope.

  • Structural Skin

    • Paper by John Neary, Sr. Façade Specialist
    Many prominent, recent buildings feature forms suggesting structural surface while their enclosures are really non-load-bearing curtain wall. At the…

  • Passive House Facade Design and Construction

    • Paper by Louis Koehl, AIA, CPHD

    Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure on

  • 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.

  • City Development and Cladding Design featured image

    City Development and Cladding Design

    • Paper by Hadil Abdallah, Building Sciences Consultant Girma Bitsuamlak, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Wind Engineering at the University of Western Ontario Hamid Vossoughi, PE, P. ENG., Senior Principal
    High-rise buildings in growing cities could become more vulnerable to variations in wind flow due to the continuous changes in urban topology. The…
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    Vintage Vinyl

    • Paper by Michael S. Plewacki,
    Mid-century through 1980’s buildings with lock-strip or “zipper-gasket” glazing systems are an ever present part of the urban landscape in many…

  • Orbit Tower

    • Paper by Enrica Oliva · Michele Andaloro · Werner Sobek

    While most of high-rise buildings feature a core surrounded by a spatial frame defining the volume, one could envision a column-free plan where the

  • Adaptable Glazing Shields featured image

    Adaptable Glazing Shields

    • Paper by Anas Al Kassas,
    Today, about 40% of all buildings in the U.S. still have single-pane windows, and ~70% of the existing building stock is estimated to suffer from…
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    Building Scale Mock-up

    • Paper by Michael Martinez, Associate Asim Tahir, District & Renewable Energy Lead
    Until recently, Google has occupied buildings that were designed for others and modified the interiors to suit its needs. Many of the improvements…