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  • Put Your Sweater On!

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

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

  • Hardened Facades Effects on Structural Systems

    • Paper by Aldo E. McKay, PE · Cliff A. Jones, SE, PE, PSP · Phillip Benshoof, PE

    To ensure the safety of U.S diplomatic personnel overseas, the U.S Department of State (DoS) has developed facade retrofits capable of resisting high

  • Glass Strength Under Point Loading

    • Paper by Joshua Schultz, Ph.D, P.E., LEED AP, ENV SP · John Knowles, PE SE · Kedar Malusare

    Structural glass is used in a range of building applications, and while the ASTM E1300 has recently been updated to provide a design method to

  • Fire Safety in High Rise Exterior Facades

    • Paper by Angela M. Ogino

    One of the most complex yet least understood areas where fire can spread is at the perimeter of a building. Fire can not only spread from

  • EUI of Building Clusters

    • Paper by Srinivas M. Rao, AIA, AICP, LEED AP

    Large master planned developments such as Battery Park City in Manhattan, Mission Bay in San Francisco, and Playa Vista in Los Angeles were built

  • Designing Structural Laminated Glass

    • Paper by Vaughn Schauss

    Laminated glass with standard PVB has long been used for safety and security due to its ability to adhere the broken glass fragments together. As the

  • Design Considerations

    • Paper by Stephen M. Morse, Ph.D. · Kayla Natividad, Ph.D. · H. Scott Norville, P.E., Ph.D.

    Window glass design using ASTM E 1300 entails determining glass thickness(es) and types so that the window glass construction load resistance

  • Deconstructing the Window

    • Paper by Helen Sanders · Jörg Lenz · Petra Sommer

    Over the years, the industry has relied heavily on the increasing performance of low-e coatings to drive window U-factors (thermal transmittance)

  • Curved Forming Panel Facades

    • Paper by Roger Schroeder

    The performative and visual aspects of curved forming/bending thin “formable” planar materials is explored. Early tests for deflection indicate that

  • GPD South America

    • Event by Glass Performance Days, NürnbergMesse Brasil

    The 2020 edition of Glass Performance Days South America (GPD SAME) will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on the 24th and 25th of March 2021. The event is expected to attract participants from different parts of the world.