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  Balancing Visual Comfort and Energy Efficiency

  • Paper by Berardo Matalucci PhD, Director, Environmental Design Edward Palka AIA LEED AP BD+C, Designer Jennifer Siqueira LEED AP, Associate Jenny Lin, Associate Coles Jennings PE, BEMP, LEED AP BD+C, Sr. Energy and Sustainability Engineer Alex Chapin, Energy Engineer II Sameer Kumar AIA, Director, Enclosure Design Nadine Bergen AIA LEED AP, Project Director Christopher Sharples AIA, Principal

  <p>With increasing interest in wellness and human-centric design in workplaces, the design of building enclosures is predicated on optimizing…

  March 19, 2020
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  U-Factor Matters in Hot Climates

  • Paper by Helen Sanders, PhD, General Manager

  <p>It is commonly thought that fenestration U-factor is not a key determinant in the performance of facades in hot climates, and generally the focus…

  January 27, 2020
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  Terra Cotta Skins

  • Paper by Laura B. Garofalo

  This paper will address the potential of ornamental architectural terracotta surfaces to mitigate the effects of climate fluctuations that will

  March 17, 2020
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  Renewing Historic Facades

  • Paper by Christine Reynolds, PE, Principal Hans Thummel, AIA, LEED AP BD+C,

  <p>As the first phase of a $4 billion dollar, 180-acre, 60 building government preservation project in Washington DC, this case study reviews the…

  March 22, 2020
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  Sustainable Silicone

  • Paper by Jon Kimberlain, TS&D Scientist Adrienne Bowman-Grittini, Senior Technical Service and Development Specialist Stanley Yee, TS&D Scientist

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

  January 24, 2020
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  Optimized Adaptive Re-Use

  • Paper by Matthew Parker · John Souleles

  Contemporary building practice represents a disconnect between traditional manufacturing techniques, that favor straight runs and orthogonal

  March 20, 2020
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  Translation from Concept to Construction

  • Paper by Ryan Donaghy, AIA · Matthew Spahr, PE

  Fidelity between the built enclosure and early visualizations is rarely, if ever, an accident. When achieved, it comes as the result of persistent

  March 15, 2020
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  Carbon Lean Facades

  • Paper by Stefanie Schober, Senior Project Director Jonce Walker, LEED AP, Certified Sustainable Building Advisor, and Fitwel Ambassador, Senior Associate

  <p>With net zero and carbon neutral mandates on the near horizon, New York City has pushed the green building envelope by leveraging incentive-based…

  March 19, 2020
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  Academic Wood Tower Choreography

  • Paper by John Peterson OAA FRAIC LEED AP BD+C · Leland Dadson OAA CPHD

  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
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  Shaping Skin

  • Paper by John Neary AIA LEED AP NCARB

  The conventional modern facade is essentially flat, which creates the tendency toward visual monotony and problems for modulating daylight—both on

  March 21, 2020
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  Passive House Facade Design and Construction

  • Paper by Louis Koehl, AIA, CPHD

  Buildings account for over 40% of global emissions (GlobalABC, 2018). Growing populations and higher standards of living are increasing pressure on

  March 22, 2020
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  The First Triple Certified Facade

  • Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

  Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific

  January 22, 2020
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  Performance-based Facade Framework

  • Paper by Mahsa Minaei, Ph.D. Candidate-Author Ajla Aksamija, Associate Professor-Co Author

  <p>Buildings have a considerable impact on the environment, and it is crucial to consider environmental and energy performance in building design.…

  March 15, 2020
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  Doubling Mies

  • Paper by Timothy Brown AIA NCARB CSI, Associate Professor

  <p>Mies van der Rohe’s concurrently designed projects for Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1953-1956) and the Esplanade Apartments (1953-1957), saw…

  March 22, 2020
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  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
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  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

  January 22, 2020
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  Architectural Shape Optimization

  • Paper by Patricia Edith Camporeale, PhD

  This paper explores the architectural shape optimization of typical housing typologies: slab and high-rise residential buildings to reduce primary

  February 24, 2020
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  Duplex Stainless Steel Cladding

  • Paper by Fred Deuschle, Director of Engineering & Quality Jim Halliday, Director of Business Development

  <p>It was a challenging design problem: supply a sustainable material for roofing, soffit and fascia panels that would perform in close proximity to…

  March 22, 2020
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  Saving Face

  • Paper by Xsusha CarlyAnn Flandro, FAIC, APT-RP, Architectural Conservator

  <p>In 1871, a fourth level Architecture course was offered in New York City that instructed on topics such as heating, ventilation and circulation of…

  March 20, 2020
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  Multi-domain Assessment of a Kinetic Facade

  • Paper by Kunyo Luo, Master of Building Science Karen Kensek, LEED AP BD+C, DPACSA, Professor of Practice Marc Schiler, FASES, Professor

  <p>An assessment workflow was created to simulate and evaluate the performance of a kinetic facade in an interior space. It includes parameters of…

  June 10, 2020