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 |
|---|---|---|
| User-Need Studies to Improve Building Codes | Jan 01, 1972 | R. S. Ferguson (National Research Council of Canada) |
| Using a Lean Perspective to Explore the Impact of the Built Environment and Operations on the Retention of Patients | Jan 20, 2014 | Amanda Mewborn, RN, IE, MSHS, Lean Black Belt (Perkins+Will), Jeff Tyner, AIA, LEED BD+C, Lean Black Belt (Perkins+Will) |
| Using Real-Time CMMS Asset Data Capture During Construction to Improve Facility Management | Sep 01, 2012 | Birgitta Foster (buildingSMART alliance) |
| VA Healthcare Clinic : A Whole Building Design Guide Case Study | Mar 07, 2016 | Whole Building Design Guide, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences |
| Vacuum Insulation Panels in Wood Frame Wall Constructions | Apr 12, 2010 | Thomas Haavi, Bjørn Petter Jelle, Arild Gustavsen, Steinar Grynning, Sivert Uvsløkk, Ruben Baetens, Roland Caps |
| Validity and Reliability of Ratings of Simulated Buildings | Jan 01, 1972 | R.W. Seaton (University of British Columbia), J.B. Collins (University of British Columbia) |
| Value by Design - Systematic Design Decision Making in the Architectural Design Process | Jun 14, 2017 | Madlen Simon (University of Maryland, College Park), Ming Hu (University of Maryland, College Park) |
| Visible Ventilation: A Return to Passive Cooling | Mar 27, 2013 | Sophia Duluk (University of Oregon), Toshi Woudenberg (University of Oregon), Wesley Thompson (University of Oregon), Alison G. Kwok (University of Oregon) |
| Visualizing Performance: Research Based School Design in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan | Mar 27, 2013 | Elizabeth Golden (University of Washington) |
| Visualizing the Expressive Use of Technology in the Design of Parametrically Generated Ecoenvelopes | Mar 27, 2013 | Aaron Paul Brakke (Universidad Piloto), Rodrigo Velasco (Universidad Piloto) |
| Vital: Bringing Buildings and Sustainable Practices to Life | Mar 27, 2013 | Kevin Nute (University of Oregon), Aaron Weiss (Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates) |
| Warm, Wet, and Wild: Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis Applied to Built Environment | Apr 02, 2012 | Cecilie Flyen Øyen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Anders-Johan Almås (SINTEF), Hans Olav Hygen (The Norwegian Meteorological Institute) |
| Water Infiltration through Openings in a Vertical Plane Under Static and Dynamic Pressure Conditions | Apr 02, 2012 | Michael A. Lacasse (National Research Council Canada), Nathan Van Den Bossche (Ghent University), Travis Moore (National Research Council Canada) |
| Weathered OSB Air and Water Leakage Testing | Apr 13, 2015 | Paul Grahovac, PROSOCO |
| What Went Wrong?: Diagnosing Building Envelope Distress | Feb 01, 2015 | John J. Hoffmann, FAIA and Deborah J. Costantini, AIA |
| Where the Commissioning Rubber Meets the Road: Building Enclosure Performance Testing | Apr 16, 2018 | Peter Babaian, Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. |
| Whole Building Sensitivity Analysis for Thermal Bridging | Apr 16, 2018 | Brad Carmichael Senior Building Science Specialist, JRS Engineering |
| Why a Mock Up - Because the Owner Expects it Done Right | Apr 12, 2010 | Brian Stroik (Oscar J. Boldt Construction) |
| Why Invest in High-Performance Green Buildings? | Jun 30, 2012 | Melissa O’Mara, Shan Bates |
| Wildfires and Schools | Jan 01, 2008 | National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities |
| Window Selection Methodologies and Optimiation in High-Performance Commercial Buildings | Apr 12, 2010 | Kerry L. Haglund (University of Minnesota) |
| Workshop 12: Building Systems | Jan 01, 1973 | Gunter Schmitz (State University of New York at Buffalo) |