Practice Issues 
Practice Issues cover the "how to's" as well as the tools, technologies, standards and regulations that govern the building industry.
| Title |
Date |
Author |
|---|---|---|
| Field Monitoring of Cold Climate Double Stud Walls with Cellulose and Low-Density Foam Insulation | Apr 13, 2015 | Kohta Ueno, Senior Associate, Building Science Corporation, Westford, MA, Joseph W. Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., Principal, Building Science Corporation, Westford, MA |
| An Old(er) Fellow’s Musings about Building Envelopes and Energy Efficiency | Apr 13, 2015 | Andre Desjarlais, program manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Form Follows Function: KieranTImberLake Architects | Apr 13, 2015 | David Riz, KieranTimberlake Architects |
| The Bullitt Center Experience: The Light Dynamic -- Measured Performance of Lighting and Daylight | Apr 13, 2015 | Christopher Meek, University of Washington, Seattle, Michael Gilbride, University of Washington, Seattle, Heli Ojaama, University of Washington, Seattle, Weston Norwood, University of Washington, Seattle |
| Field Thermal Performance of Radiant Barriers and IRCC Systems for Attic Retrofits | Apr 13, 2015 | Ali Fallahi, Ph.D., R&D staff, Building Science Engineer, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston, MA, David Yarbrough, R&D Services, Cookeville, Tenn., Jan Kosny, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, USA |
| Form vs Function? | Apr 13, 2015 | John Straube, PE, faculty of engineering, University of Waterloo; principal, BSC Inc. |
| The Bullitt Center Experience: Building Enclosure Design in an Integrated High Performance Building | Apr 13, 2015 | Jim Hanford, AIA, LEED AP BD+C. The Miller Hull Partnership, Seattle, WA |
| Field Thermal Performance of EIFS Using Vacuum Insulation Panels | Apr 13, 2015 | Ali Fallahi, Ph.D., R&D staff, Building Science Engineer, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston, MA, Jan Kosny, PhD, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston, MA, Nitin Shukla, PhD, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston, MA, Tony Fontanini, Ph.D. Candidate, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston, MA, Lawrence Carbary, FASTM, Dow Corning Corporation, Roland Serino, PE, Dryvit Systems Inc. |
| High Performance Detailing | Apr 13, 2015 | Paul E. Totten, PE, LEED AP, Vice President, WSP, Washington, DC, Michael J. Heule, Principal, Helix Architecture + Design, Kansas City, |
| Field Monitoring of Embedded Wood Members in Insulated Masonry Walls in a Cold Climate | Apr 13, 2015 | Kohta Ueno, Senior Associate, Building Science Corporation, Westford, MA, Joseph W. Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., Principal, Building Science Corporation, Westford, MA |
| NFPA 285 in the Field: An Update of Local Adoption | Apr 13, 2015 | Keith Nelson, AIA, Intertek-ATI |
| The NFPA 285 Fire Test’s Impact On Architectural Design And Energy Performance | Apr 13, 2015 | Richard Keleher, AIA, Thompson & Lichter Company, Canton, MA |
| Thermal Performance and Energy Savings Potential of Attic Radiant Barrier Systems | Apr 13, 2015 | Som Shrestha, PhD, BEMP, ORNL, Andre Desjarlais, ORNL |
| The Reality of Quantifying Curtain Wall Spandrel Thermal Performance: 2D, 3D and Hotbox Testing | Apr 13, 2015 | Neil Norris, Larry Carbary, Stanley Yee, Patrick Roppel, Phillip Ciantar |
| Fire Hazards of Exterior Wall Assemblies Containing Combustible Components | Apr 13, 2015 | Amanda Kimball, Fire Protection Research Foundation |
| Weathered OSB Air and Water Leakage Testing | Apr 13, 2015 | Paul Grahovac, PROSOCO |
| The Future of Fenestration Rating | Apr 13, 2015 | William C. duPont, Syerngy Consulting |
| State of the Art of NFPA 285 | Apr 13, 2015 | Brian Kuhn, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. |
| Doing It Right the Second Time – Designing Minimally Invasive, Cost-Effective Solutions for Window Repair vs. Replacement | Apr 13, 2015 | David W. Boyer, Building Envelope Analysis, LLC, Lawrence, Kansas, PROSOCO, Inc., Lawrence, Kans, Ron Tatley, Building Envelope Analysis, LLC, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA , Stacey Grund, Building Envelope Analysis, LLC, Seattle, Washington, USA Tatley-Grund, Inc., Seattle, Matthew Travis, Building Envelope Analysis, LLC, Lawrence, Kansas, PROSOCO, Inc. Lawrence, Kansa |
| Introducing the BEST 4 Conference on Behalf of the Technical Committee | Apr 13, 2015 | Mark Bomberg, D. Sc. (Eng) , Techn. D, PE |
| Practical Energy and Cost Optimization Methods for Selecting Massing, Materials, and Technologies | Apr 06, 2015 | Sandeep Ahuja (Georgia Institute of Technology), Patrick Chopson (Georgia Institute of Technology), John Haymaker (Georgia Institute of Technology), Godfried Augenbroe (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| Scaffolding: Discourse, Disruption, and Progress in Architecture as a Cultural Production | Apr 06, 2015 | Leonard R. Bachman (University of Houston) |
| Comparative Analysis of Architectural Education Standards across the World | Apr 06, 2015 | Suchismita Bhattacharjee (University of Oklahoma), Shivashish Bose (Jadavpur University) |
| Intern Architects in the Academy: Preparing for Future Practice | Apr 06, 2015 | Caryn Brause (University of Massachusetts Amherst) |
| The Innovation Incubator: Micro-grants and a Culture of Innovation | Apr 06, 2015 | Leigh Christy (Perkins+Will), Diana Davis (Perkins+Will), Mark Walsh (Perkins+Will), Brian Weatherford (Perkins+Will) |