Papers

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  • Balancing Visual Comfort and Energy Efficiency featured image

    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…

  • U-Factor Matters in Hot Climates featured image

    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…

  • 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

  • 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…