Papers

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  • Academic Wood Tower Choreography

    • Paper by John Peterson OAA FRAIC LEED AP BD+C · Leland Dadson OAA CPHD

    With an ever-growing interest in mid- and high-rise mass timber construction, this paper highlights the insights and lessons learned across global

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    Novel Thermal Break Solution

    • Paper by Yuzhen Steve Zhou, Technical Director - Warmframe Technology Corporation

    <p>Thermal-break-blanket technology is a novel and high-performance thermal break solution for aluminum curtain walls. The thermal-break-blanket is…

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    Green Wall Rainscreen

    • Paper by Stephan Wurster, Business Development Manager Till Jackenkroll, Product and Innovation Manager

    <p>Green Wall applications are growing in popularity around the world. Often thought of as a decorative element they provide much more than aesthetic…

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    The Seismic Capability of Curtainwalls

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

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

  • A Structural Glass Design Manual

    • Paper by Richard Green PE SE P.Eng CPEng IntPE(Aust) APEC Engineer · Terrence McDonnell S.E., P.E., P.Eng., SECB · Andrew Crosby BASc, P.Eng., LEED® AP BD+C

    Other than limited special cases, there is a lack of standards providing guidance on the design of structural glass. This has resulted in an ad-hoc

  • Architectural Ceramic Assemblies

    • Paper by Omar Khan · Bill Pottle · Mitchell Bring

    This paper documents a six year academia/industry collaboration between researchers at the Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

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    Seismic Design of Jumbo Glass Structures

    • Paper by Alfonso E. Lopez, P.E., CEO David Dunham, P.E., Director of Business Development

    <p>The design of structural glass systems continues to evolve with the parallel development of new manufacturing technology. Improvements in the…

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    Modelling Perimeter Heating Demand

    • Paper by Jonathan Graham, Sustainability Analyst Geoffrey Turnbull, OAA, MRAIC, LEED AP, CPHD, Director of Innovation David Constable OAA, LEED AP, CPHD, Principal Mike Reimer P.Eng, LEED AP, Principal Joshua Vanwyck, CPHD, CEO

    <p>Thermal discomfort can occur in perimeter zones due to radiant heat loss from the occupant to a poorly insulated exterior wall. It is valuable for…

  • Advanced Simulation for Thermal Stress Assessment

    • Paper by Andrea Zani, Building Physics and Sustainability Leader Jamie Reyes, Senior Building Physics Engineer Guido Lori, R&D Project Manager Jacob Hanke, Senior Structural Engineer Giacomo Zangiacomi, Building Physics Leader

    <p>In recent years, the desire for increased performance, transparency and visual flatness of glazing elements in curtain walls has generated renewed…

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    The Double Skin Facade

    • Paper by Lee A. Fithian, AIA, AICP, NCARB, LEED AP,

    <p>The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants…

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    Direct Sun and Occupant Comfort

    • Paper by Madeline Gradillas, Henry Richardson,

    <p>Direct sun on the body is a known potential cause of thermal discomfort for occupants, yet most thermal comfort simulations do not capture its…

  • Facade & ESG

    • Paper by Vikki Lew

    In 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) inaugurated the first two global sustainability disclosure standards IFRS S1/S2 to

  • 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

  • Kinetic Shading Systems

    • Paper by Alireza Jahanara · Negar Kalantar

    This study focuses on experiments in kinetics and architectural skins. More extensively, it introduces a solution for environmental design issues and

  • Heat-actuated Auxetic Facades

    • Paper by Amira Abdel-Rahman · Elnaz Tafrihi

    Highly transformable materials can be used as adaptive exterior shading systems by leveraging the relationship between external stimuli (heat) and

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    Developments in Gridshell Design

    • Paper by Cristobal Correa P.E., Principal Craig Schwitter P.E., Principal

    <p>In 1959 Heinz Isler challenged the world of concrete shell design by proposing a series of shapes for shells that were very different from what…

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    Deconstructing the Window

    • Paper by Helen Sanders, Jörg Lenz, Petra Sommer,

    <p>Over the years, the industry has relied heavily on the increasing performance of low-e coatings to drive window U-factors (thermal transmittance)…

  • Facades Education in the United States

    • Paper by Ajla Aksamija, PhD · Suncica Milosevic · Gabrielle Brainard · Timothy Brown

    This paper presents the results of a research study, outlining the state of facades education at higher-education institutions across the United