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Performance-based Facade Framework
- Paper by Mahsa Minaei · Ajla Aksamija
Buildings have a considerable impact on the environment, and it is crucial to consider environmental and energy performance in building design.

March 15, 2020
Evaluating The Environmental Performance Of Stick Curtain Wall Systems
- Paper by Dima Othman, B.A.Ing., M.Eng., LEED AP Daniel Arztmann, Dipl.-Ing., M.Eng., EFN, FTI Professor for Façade Construction, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen Lippe (TH-OWL) Head of Building Physics,
The construction industry is one of the greatest sources of pollution, where 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions are attributed to…
October 11, 2022
Envelope For Service
- Paper by Annalisa Andaloro · Miren Juaristi · Stefano Avesani · Giulia Santoro · Matteo Orlandi
Envelope-for-Service (E4S) is a novel business model developed with the aim of converting the building façade from a traditionally traded good to a

October 11, 2022
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
Establishing a Life Cycle Assessment Methodology for Innovative Facade
- Paper by Vikki Lew,
Life cycle assessment was introduced in the 1970s as an analytical tool to quantify the environmental impact of a product, process, or service.…
March 14, 2018
Build Test Iterate Repeat
- Paper by Elizabeth L McCormick, RA, CPHC, LEED AP, Assistant Professor
The global increase in atmospheric temperature rise combined with the rapid growth of previously underdeveloped climate zones presents a growing need…
March 19, 2020
Bringing an Icon Into the Future: Willis Tower
- Paper by Stephen Katz, Technical Director
Few buildings are as iconic as Willis Tower. Generations of Chicagoans have a collective memory of this building playing a role in their entire…
October 11, 2022
Academic Wood Tower Choreography
- Paper by John Peterson OAA FRAIC LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate, Director of Sustainable Design & Building Innovation Leland Dadson OAA CPHD, Project Architect, Mass Timber Specialist
With an ever-growing interest in mid- and high-rise mass timber construction, this paper highlights the insights and lessons learned across global…
March 22, 2020
Passive House Facade Design and Construction
- Paper by Louis Koehl, AIA, CPHD, Project Architect
Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure on…
March 22, 2020
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…
September 2, 2024
Evaluating Additive Manufacturing for Metallic Facade Components
- Paper by Natasa Mrazovic, M. Arch. Eng., M.C.E., Martin Fischer,
The state-of-the-art of Additive Manufacturing (AM), popularly known as 3D printing, shows its prospective future in the…
March 14, 2018
Lithic Revival
- Paper by Alex Terzich,
The recently completed Capital One Hall performing arts center located in the Washington DC metro area is defined by a pleated exterior of glass and…
October 11, 2022
When Facades Kill
- Paper by Terri Meyer Boake,
The tragic fire of June 14, 2017 at the Grenfell Tower in London, England has brought to a very public global forum issues related to the impact of…
March 14, 2018
Facade Resilience Evaluation Framework
- Paper by Fabio Favoino, Department of energy Adèle Chalumeau, Facade engineer Audrey Aquaronne, Facade engineer
Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme events…
October 11, 2022
Embodied Carbon Of Timber Unitized Curtain Wall
- Paper by Isabelle Hens, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, EIT, Environmental Designer Sophie Pennetier, Associate Director - Special Projects Simon Schleicher, Associate Professor
The building envelope is at the intersection of embodied and operational emissions. Curtain wall specifically could play an important role in…
October 11, 2022
Addressing Embodied Carbon
- Paper by Helen Sanders, PhD, General Manager Adam Nizich, Senior Consulting Engineer
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the building sector is critical to limiting global temperature rise to less than 1.5⁰C. Construction and…
October 11, 2022