Papers

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  • Sustainable Silicone featured image

    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…

  • 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

  • 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

  • Carbon Lean Facades featured image

    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…

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Performance-based Facade Framework featured image

    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.…

  • Doubling Mies featured image

    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…

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Duplex Stainless Steel Cladding featured image

    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…

  • Saving Face featured image

    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…

  • Multi-domain Assessment of a Kinetic Facade featured image

    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…

  • Put Your Sweater On! featured image

    Put Your Sweater On!

    • Paper by Eric Haas, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Adjunct Associate Professor

    <p>During the particularly cold first months of 1977 President Jimmy Carter, in what some call “The Sweater Speech,” famously noted how much energy…

  • Data-Driven Shading Systems featured image

    Data-Driven Shading Systems

    • Paper by Simon Schleicher, Luis Santos, Luisa Caldas,

    <p>Analyzing the energy performance of complex building envelopes, determining the need for sun protection, and assessing the effectiveness of…