Papers

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  • A Compact, Unitized Double Skin Facade featured image

    A Compact, Unitized Double Skin Facade

    • Paper by Alex Cox, LEED AP, James Hock, LEED AP BD+C, Laura Ziegler, Karin Lamberts,

    <p>Driven by an increasing demand for high thermal and acoustic performance, transparency, and low maintenance costs, a number of facade innovations…

  • Influence of Facade Materials on the Acoustic Environment featured image

    Influence of Facade Materials on the Acoustic Environment

    • Paper by Alvaro Balderrama, M.Eng. LEED Green Associate, Daniel Arztmann, Prof. Dipl-Ing. M.Eng., Jens-Uwe Schulz, Prof. Dipl-Ing.,

    <p>Urban noise pollution is a major environmental health problem. International organizations are making efforts to prevent health damage due to high…

  • Hydroformed Shading featured image

    Hydroformed Shading

    • Paper by Michelle Siu-Ching Lee, Architect Robert Matthew Noblett, Partner Roman Schieber, Associate Director

    <p>New approaches to lightweight metal forming have the potential to advance architectural fabrication, particularly in the design and engineering of…

  • Hurricane-acoustic Glazing Barriers Using New Interlayer Technology featured image

    Hurricane-acoustic Glazing Barriers Using New Interlayer Technology

    • Paper by Stephen J Bennison, B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D., Research Fellow Alejandro G Gonzalez, Sales and Marketing Charles Anthony Smith, Research Scientist Rebecca L Smith, Research Scientist Takuya Kobayashi, Research Scientist Toshiyuki Iguchi, Engineering Manager

    <p>In the last twenty years we have seen the development of polymer interlayers for laminated glass where the resin compositions have been optimized…