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The Carbon Footprint of Aluminum Fenestration
- Paper by Tom Bougher, Director of Applied Research Richard Braunstein, Vice President of R&D
The historical focus on reducing the carbon footprint of a building has recently shifted to include more emphasis on embodied carbon, the carbon…
October 11, 2022
Sustainable Silicone
- Paper by Jon Kimberlain, TS&D Scientist Adrienne Bowman-Grittini, Senior Technical Service and Development Specialist Stanley Yee, TS&D Scientist
Silicone materials have a long history in high performance building projects. Known for durability, they can reduce a building’s carbon footprint by…
January 24, 2020
Modern Heritage and Facade Improvements
- Paper by Uta Pottgiesser · Angel Ayón
Approximately 80% of our total building stock is from the 20th century. During the last decades, along with an increasing appreciation of modern

March 23, 2020
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
Hybrid Timber
- Paper by Stacey Hooper, AIA, LEED BD+C,
This case study provides an overview of building hybrid curtain wall system and future opportunities for the use of timber. It will also review the…
March 14, 2018
Façade Systems and Embodied Carbon
- Paper by Paulina Szpiech, Associate - Facade Engineering Valerie Leon-Green, Facade Engineer Shivanie Rambaran, Graduate Energy Analyst
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to quantify the impact of building construction supply chains on the environment in terms of…
October 11, 2022
Preserving a Historic Facade
- Paper by Maria Mohammed, S.E. · John Fidler, RIBA, Intl Assoc AIA, FRICS, FSA, FRSA, FIIC, FAPT
Environmental and socio-economic benefits of sustainable preservation have become apparent most recently in the restoration of the historic former

March 15, 2020
Carbon-Neutral High-Rise Envelope Nexus
- Paper by Thomas Spiegelhalter, Principal
The pathway to carbon-neutrality, as urged during the COP 21 in Paris, and the repeated goal for resilient buildings and urban habitats, winds right…
December 16, 2019
Xilinx Case Study
- Paper by Michael Martinez, LEED AP · Stet Sanborn, AIA, LEED AP, CPHC
The transformation of a dark and inhumane 1970s tilt-up concrete office building into a high performance, light-filled modern workplace was enabled

March 14, 2018