Design Issues 
Design Issues cover research projects that pertain to the art and science of creating and sustaining the built environment and include case studies of projects.
| Title |
Date |
Author |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Performance of Vacuum Insulated Panel Walls and Energy Use Assessments of a Net Zero Energy House | Apr 16, 2018 | Anil Parekh Senior Researcher, Natural Resources Canada |
| Durability of Water-Resistive Barriers as a Factor in Litigation | Apr 16, 2018 | David Nicastro, CEO, Building Diagnostics |
| Comparison of Metal and Non-Metal Retrofit Systems | Apr 16, 2018 | Vincent Sagan Senior Staff Engineer, Metal Building Manufacturers Association |
| Ultra High Performance Concrete Panels for Prefabricated Wall Assemblies | Apr 16, 2018 | Kevin Gannon, RA, Director, Program Development, TAKTL LLC |
| Mid-Century Modern Building Performance and Improvement Strategies | Apr 16, 2018 | Rachel Michelin Senior Associate, Thornton Tomasetti |
| Multivalent Hygrothermal Material System for Double-Skin Envelope Dehumidification Cooling and Daylighting | Apr 16, 2018 | Aletheia Ida, PhD, assistant professor, school of architecture, U of Arizona, Tuscon |
| A Sustainable Repurposing of the Aging Facility | Apr 16, 2018 | Daniel McKelvey Associate Principal, Ayers Saint Gross Architects Allison Wilson, AIA, Sustainabi |
| Evolving Ice Damming Solutions for a Changing Climate | Apr 16, 2018 | Charlotte Metzler, Assoc. AIA, building enclosure consultant, WSP |
| Simulation and Evaluation of CERV (Conditioning Energy Recovery Ventilator) in Historic Multifamily Buildings | Apr 16, 2018 | Amir Amirzadeh Doctoral Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Evaluating the Impact of Moisture Content on Thermal Resistance of Wall Assemblies | Apr 16, 2018 | Jodi Knorowski Project Engineer, WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers |
| Energy Efficient or Healthy Buildings? How Dynamic Glazing Eliminates the Need to Choose. | Apr 16, 2018 | Ryan Park, Global Head of Marketing and Product Management, SAGE Electrochromics, Inc. , Maure Creager, Building Science Manger, SAGE Electrochromics, Inc |
| Effect of Automated Dynamic Control of Interior Roller Shades on Daylighting and Energy Performance of South Facing Office Spaces | Apr 16, 2018 | Niraj Kunwar PhD Student, Iowa State University |
| Drainage Capabilities and Heat Loss of Different Inverted Roofs Assemblies | Apr 16, 2018 | Matthew Pel, B.Tech., Eng.L., Building Science Consultant and Principal, Morrison Hershfield, Derek Budde B.Sc. EIT, Building Science Consultant and Principal, Morrison Hershfield |
| The Renovation of Louis Kahn's Richards Building: High Performance Historic Preservation | Apr 16, 2018 | Aaron Davis, AIA, Senior Associate, Heintges |
| Building Enclosure Meets Structure | Apr 16, 2018 | Dudley McFarquhar, PhD, PE CEO and Principal, McFarquhar Group Inc, |
| Classification + Reference Standards for UHPC in Architectural Applications | Apr 16, 2018 | George Quercia, PhD, Director of Research, TAKTL LLC, Kevin Gannon, RA, Director of Program Development, TAKTL LLC |
| Whole Building Sensitivity Analysis for Thermal Bridging | Apr 16, 2018 | Brad Carmichael Senior Building Science Specialist, JRS Engineering |
| Building in Tight Urban Spaces | Apr 16, 2018 | Wendy Talarico, architectural services specialist , W.R. Meadows, Phil Moses, vice president, INTECH Construction, Fred Baumert, principal, Keast & Hood Structural Engineers |
| Antiterrorism: The Surprising First Step in the Sustainability Formula | Apr 16, 2018 | Doug Haines Owner/CEO, Haines Security Solutions |
| Cyclone Resistant Glazing | Apr 16, 2018 | Jennifer Schneider, Kuraray America Inc |
| Solar Heating with Dynamic Opaque Walls and Roofs | Apr 16, 2018 | John Archibald President, American Solar, Inc |
| The Renovation of Louis Kahn's Richards Building: High Performance Historic Preservation | Apr 15, 2018 | Matthew Chalifoux Principal, EYP Architecture and Engineering |
| Pumping up the Volume: Multi-Family, Passive House and Net Zero Energy as Standard Practice | Apr 15, 2018 | Timothy McDonald President, Onion Flats |
| Drylands Resilience Initiative [DRI]: Digital Tools for Sustainable Urban Design in Arid and Semi-arid Urban Centers | Dec 31, 2017 | Peter Arnold (Arid Lands Institute), Hadley Arnold (Arid Lands Institute), Justin Brechtel, AIA, LEED AP (Perkins+Will), Leigh Christy, AIA, LEED AP BD+C (Perkins+Will), John Haymaker, PhD, AIA, LEED AP (Perkins+Will), Rowan Roderick-Jones, PE, CSci, ENV SP (NatureVest at The Nature Conservancy), Deborah Weintraub, AIA (City of Los Angeles) |
| Emerson Global Data Center: A Whole Building Design Guide Case Study | Dec 27, 2017 | Whole Building Design Guide, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences |