Papers

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  • ETFE Membrane Envelope Strategies featured image

    ETFE Membrane Envelope Strategies

    • Paper by Audrey L Worden, ISSF, Principal + Founding Partner Kihong R. Ku, DDes, Associate Professor, Design Technology and Architectural Innovation, Adaptive Envelopes Alexander G. Worden, RA NCARB, Principal + Founding Partner

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

  • 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 featured image

    Digital Lifecycle of Building Envelopes

    • Paper

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

  • 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

  • City Development and Cladding Design

    • Paper by Hadil Abdallah · Girma Bitsuamlak · Hamid Vossoughi, PE, P. ENG.

    High-rise buildings in growing cities could become more vulnerable to variations in wind flow due to the continuous changes in urban topology. The

  • 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

  • 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, Founder and Curator

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

  • Separating Direct From Diffuse featured image

    Separating Direct From Diffuse

    • Paper by Nick Novelli, PhD, Robert Gordon, Igor Varfolomeev,

    <p>An Enclosure-Integrated, Daylighting, Tracking Solar Collector (EIDTSC) has been developed for market which integrates into a building’s…

  • 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

  • Modeling Megapanels

    • Paper by Elizabeth Bishop, AIA, LEED AP · Emily Green, NCARB, LEED GA · Lisa Podesto, PE

    Large format, steel-stud framed “megapanel” facades with rainscreen cladding create uniquely complicated requirements for digital documentation and

  • Facade with Innovation

    • Paper by YU Hui · JIN Shihui

    Shanshui City and Star Bund Center can be considered as representative projects of RFR Shanghai recently Both provide creative solutions for complex

  • Spandrel Thermal Simulation Techniques

    • Paper by Ivan Lee, Building Science Consultant Edlyn Garcia La Torre, Facade Consulant Shahima Rahmatipour, Building Science Consultant

    <p>Glazed wall systems, such as curtain walls and window walls, are one of the most commonly used façade systems in modern buildings in North…

  • Novel Thermal Break Solution

    • Paper by Yuzhen Steve Zhou

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

  • Facades for High-Performance Workplaces

    • Paper by Christopher Payne, AIA, LEED AP, Assoc. DBIA, Senior Associate

    <p>How has the role of the façade evolved in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing fight to combat the climate change crisis? As companies…

  • Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass featured image

    Controlling Anisotropy in Heat Treated Glass

    • Paper by Francis Serruys, Dr. Romain Decourcelle,

    <p>Anisotropy is also known as Brewster marks, quench marks, strain pattern, leopard spots, Iridescence, etc. Although anisotropy is inevitable when…