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  • Episode 12: Durability

    Special guests David De Rose from Synergy Partners and Jennifer Sze from Vidaris join us to discuss maintenance, inspection, and service life of building facades.

  • Sustainable Silicone

    • Paper by Jon Kimberlain · Adrienne Bowman-Grittini · Stanley Yee

    Silicone materials have a long history in high performance building projects. Known for durability, they can reduce a building’s carbon footprint by

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    Two Sides to Sustainability & High-performance

    • Paper by Brian Fraumeni, Associate, Project Designer Julia Ragragio Ruiz, LEED AP BD+C, Sustainability Strategist Adam Moqrane, Intern
    High performance can be defined as “a building that integrates and optimizes all major high-performance building attributes, including energy…

  • Episode 09: Ted Kesik on SKINS

    Special guest Ted Kesik, PhD, Professor of Building Science at the University of Toronto, joins us to discuss everything from digital workflows and durability to embodied carbon and resilience.

  • Environmentally Responsible Wood Cladding

    • Paper by Pratibha Chauhan · Doug Bergert, AIA, LEED AP

    This case study focuses on the solutions provided for the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota. Our design team worked with the client to

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    SSG and Seismic

    • Paper by Jon Kimberlain, Senior Scientist Valerie Hayez, Senior Scientist Jie Feng, Research Scientist Mark Mirgon, R&D Technologist
    With the advent of more sophisticated analysis methods and the desire to optimize geometries of structural silicone joints in high performance…

  • Carbon-Neutral High-Rise Envelope Nexus

    • Paper by Thomas Spiegelhalter

    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

  • Attention to Overheating in Curtainwall Buildings

    • Paper by Yuzhen Zhou NFRC CS, LEED AP, Technical Director at Warmframe Technology
    Several years ago, Technoform and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) researched the thermal performance of different aluminum…

  • Facade Resilience Evaluation Framework

    • Paper by Fabio Favoino · Adèle Chalumeau · Audrey Aquaronne

    Resiliency is the capacity of a building (or building component in the case of the facade) to support building functionalities during extreme events

  • ETFE Membrane Envelope Strategies

    • Paper by Audrey L Worden, ISSF · Kihong R. Ku, DDes · Alexander G. Worden, RA NCARB

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

  • Transparent Aerogel Window

    • Paper by Bryan Toton, ENV SP

    Incorporating a novel, transparent monolithic aerogel into insulated glass units (IGUs) for windows and building enclosures will provide the

  • Thermal Performance of Closed Cavity Facades

    • Paper by Andrea Zani · Carmelo Guido Galante · Lisa Rammig

    Closed cavity facades (CCF), a configuration of Double Skin Facade (DSF), consists of a double-glazed unit on the inner layer and single glazing on

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    Detailing For Distance

    • Paper by Daniel Kelso,
    Quickly exceeding new facade service life expectations for tall buildings imposed by increasing environmental, economic, and social pressures have…
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    Rammed Earth & Wildfire

    • Paper by Brittany Dhawan, AIA, Architect / Owner
    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.…