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Education
We will feature a few sessions from the WC2020 in upcoming editions of SKINS. This one was provided by the European Façade Network. The conference platform remains open to registered attendees through year’s end with recorded sessions available for streaming!
Stream the session.
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Members Speak
Perkins&Will architect, Dahmahlee Lawrence, a unique and powerful voice in the building community, speaks eloquently of her experience with the recent Façade Tectonics World Congress.
Read Dahmahlee's post.
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Survey Results
We pushed you hard to respond to our post-event survey and over 30% of you did; we thank you! The results are informative and content/comment rich. We promised to share survey results, so here you go.
Read the report.
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Events
This year's half-day NYC Forum, themed Pandemic Pantry: Digesting Covid-19 and Understanding the Lessons for Buildings and Facade Systems, will take place Thursday, November 5th.
Learn more and register.
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Listen
Special guests Uta Pottgiesser of TU Delft and Angel Ayón of AYON Studio Architecture and Preservation discuss their recent book, Reglazing Modernism, where they explore facade intervention strategies on Modern-era buildings through international case studies.
Listen and subscribe.
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Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) 2020 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), providing up to $80 million for projects that enhance energy demand flexibility across buildings and the grid.
Learn more.
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Carbon Neutral
In “The case for…never demolishing another building” author Oliver Wainwright explores new paradigms for what buildings could be and reveals what it takes to get real about carbon neutrality. (I fully subscribe to the modality expressed in this article. – Mic)
Read more in The Guardian.
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Climate
Lest we forget in this pandemic remix, the climate crisis rages on. While the West Coast burns, NASA scientists predict a “perfect storm” for fire risk in the Amazon, peaking this month. Meanwhile, Laura slams Louisiana as hurricane season peaks.
Read more in Newsweek.
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Resilience
The pandemic has exposed a lack of adaptive capacity in critical infrastructure. Premature obsolescence of the building stock is a threat to urban resilience. Anthony Paletta reports on the problem with airports for CityLab.
Read the article in Bloomberg.
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Materials
Transparent biodegradable wood glazings that are stronger, more efficient and more durable than glass? Read the full paper here. Sounds great! (But wait, I have a few questions...-Mic)
Read the paper.
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Glass
Aggressive action called for in the renovation of existing building stock as the only strategy to achieve the new 2030 climate plan. Renovation cited as key to achieving climate neutrality as well as a vital strategy in the relaunch of the EU economy.
Read article in glassOnline.
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Awards
Leading glass engineering firm EOC, known for their work in highly transparent building facades (think Apple retail stores), is testing the water in a new industry—superyachts—and coming out a winner.
Learn more about the winning design.
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