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    Patchwork

    • Paper by Alexander G. Worden, AIA,
    It may be difficult for modern man to believe that what is known as handicraft was once the advanced manufacturing of the day. These techniques were…

  • CR∆CKİNG THЄ C󉘳DЄ // DYN∆MİC L∆B F∆C∆DЄS

    • Paper by Amanda King, AIA, LEED AP BD&C, CPHC · Dayita Kumar, LEED GA · Daniel Nauman, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CPHC

    The real estate market continues to demand “all glass” buildings often to the detriment of human comfort and thermal performance. For an office

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    Retroreflective Coating for Window Blinds

    • Paper by Luca Papaiz, Lars Oliver Grobe, Giuseppe De Michele,
    Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight…

  • ETFE Membrane Envelope Strategies

    • Paper by Audrey L Worden, ISSF · Kihong R. Ku, DDes · Alexander G. Worden, RA NCARB

    Airflow within the cavity of double-skin facades is a key component of adaptive building envelopes which change thermophysical properties to meet

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    Prefab Facades – from Prototype to Product?

    • Paper by Lisa Rammig, Andrea Zani, Tim Murphy,
    Building envelopes are not only an immediately visible part of the building, they have also become a major factor both for cost and performance of…

  • Delivering Beauty

    • Paper by Michael Mulhern

    Amidst the critical conversations about the need to build better and more efficient building skins, designers are also mindful of the need for the

  • Green Façade/Roofs Design Tool

    • Paper by Abolfazl Ganji Kheybari · Morteza Kasravi

    Climate change and related thermal issues, draw attention to the impact of green facades and roofs on energy savings and thermal comfort. Besides, by

  • Digital Lifecycle of Building Envelopes

    “The digital transformation will change everything” – with this quote in mind a deep look into the current facade business will be given with a

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    The Thermal Blanket Concept

    • Paper by Bharat Patel, PE, CEM, LEED AP, Michael Bulander, AIA, LEED AP,
    This paper tells the story of a Double Skin Facade (DSF), where high performance and multi-disciplinary collaboration saves a library concept of…
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    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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    Hardened Facades Effects on Structural Systems

    • Paper by Aldo E. McKay, PE, Cliff A. Jones, SE, PE, PSP, Phillip Benshoof, PE,
    To ensure the safety of U.S diplomatic personnel overseas, the U.S Department of State (DoS) has developed facade retrofits capable of resisting high…

  • Integrated Building Control System

    • Paper by Jae Yong Suk, Ph.D. · Keith Graeber, PE · Andrew Harper, PE · Michael Siminovitch, Ph.D.

    Integrated management of commercial lighting, heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems is considered as one of the most promising building

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    Daylighting Post-Occupancy Evaluation Study

    • Paper by Jae Yong Suk, Ph.D., Helena Zambrano, AIA,
    Daylighting is a key strategy to energy efficiency and improved occupant comfort, health, and productivity in buildings. However, providing desired…

  • Wind-Borne Debris Impacts on Façades

    • Paper by Angela Mejorin, Ph.D., Researcher

    Climate change effects are causing an increase in extreme wind events’ frequency and severity, worldwide. Regions that previously were not prone to

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    Separating Direct From Diffuse

    • Paper by Nick Novelli, PhD, Robert Gordon, Igor Varfolomeev,
    An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s fenestration…

  • Challenges of Tall Iconic Building Retrofit

    • Paper by Hamid Vossoughi, P.E., P. Eng.

    Change happens, for better or for worse, to all living and physical matter. In order to thrive and achieve longevity, we constantly need to adapt to

  • 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