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The Facade and Energy Codes
- Paper by Elliot Glassman,
Ever-increasing performance requirements in the latest version of the energy codes are compelling project teams to consider the thermal performance…
October 11, 2022
Integrated Energy Analysis
- Paper by Greg Verabian, Saurabh Shrestha, Laure Michelon,
Energy codes across the country are progressively getting stricter and increasing the threshold for a baseline building’s energy performance.…
March 14, 2018
Fixed Edge Supports
- Paper by James G. Soules, Ph.D., P.E., S.E., P.Eng., SECB, F.SEI, F.ASCE, Visiting Scholar Stephen M. Morse, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Assistant Professor Scott H. Norville, P.E., Ph.D., Professor
Model building codes and standards in the United States use a probabilistic model to define glass load resistance (LR). In general, these model…
October 11, 2022
Pioneering the Structural Terracotta Mullion Façade
- Paper by Victoria Ereskina, Façade Design Professional John Neary, Sr. Façade Specialist
Architects today must explore alternative enclosure materials to meet evolving energy codes and embodied carbon regulations. Terra cotta has been…
October 11, 2022
Thermal Bridging and Building Facades
- Paper by Ivan Lee,
Thermal bridging through building façades have been overlooked by designers and building energy codes and standards in the past, which has led to…
October 11, 2022
Environmental Facade Perspective
- Paper by Patricia Shaw, M Arch., MSc Facade Engineering, Facade Specialist
Designing a sustainable rainscreen wall assembly has become an essential part of most new construction projects. Industry principles and energy codes…
October 11, 2022
Energy conservation code updates promise to reshape the way facades are designed
- Article by Elliot Glassman
Ever-increasing performance requirements in the latest version of the energy codes are compelling project teams to consider the thermal performance of the building envelope more rigorously than ever before.

July 13, 2021
Thermal bridging: The missing key to low energy building design
- Article by Ivan Lee
Thermal bridging through building facades have been overlooked or over-simplified by designers and building energy codes and standards in the past, which has led to higher space heating and cooling loads, occupant discomfort, and higher risk of condensation.

July 13, 2021
Designing with Photovoltaics
- Paper by Wayne Walker · Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C · Sam Crawford
Photovoltaics (PV) have been utilized in buildings for decades, especially in Europe where legislative support has largely driven the market. With

March 15, 2020
Infinite Panel System
- Paper by Mike Ryan · Brian Stern · Michael Adams
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
Fire Safety Facade Design
- Paper by Rigone Paolo · Mazzucchelli Enrico Sergio · De la Fuente Ceja Blanca Judith
Nowadays the construction industry is characterised by high multifunctional and complex buildings with innovative facade systems. Unlike a simple

March 22, 2020
The Scope of the Structural Glass Design Manual
- Paper by Richard Green SE PE P.Eng CPEng, Principal / Owner Andrew Crosby P.Eng LEED® AP BD+C, Principal Terrence McDonnell SE SECB PE P.Eng, Principal
The technology of glass now allows glass to be fabricated in sizes and structural configurations not previously conceivable. The standards and codes…
September 2, 2024
The Butterfly
- Paper by Venelin Kokalov · Shinobu Homma, Architect AIBC, AAA, MRAIC · Amirali Javidan · Zhuoli Yang, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C
Providing a unique and integral cladding/envelope solution suited for high-rise buildings has been an inherent challenge for this building typology

March 20, 2020
Facade Mock-ups
- Paper by Andy Lang, AScT
Curtain walls and window walls are typically specified to meet a variety of different performance and testing criteria, some of which can be quite

March 20, 2020
Rammed Earth & Wildfire
- Paper by Brittany Dhawan, AIA
California is set to be drier and more drought prone with climate change. Wildfire and the subsequent loss of life and housing is a huge challenge.

March 19, 2020
Rainscreen Association in North America
- Organization
Member since: February 24, 2023
Finally
- Paper by Michael Mulhern,
For over 60 years architects, engineers, and consultants have been specifying stainless steels for use in building skins and in some structural…
October 11, 2022
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…
December 13, 2016