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 |
|---|---|---|
| North American Way For Passive House-Based Near Zero Energy Buildings | Apr 13, 2015 | Katrin Klingenberg, Passive Solar House Institute-US |
| Keeping Energy Confined and Making Information Flow: The Smart Building of Tomorrow | Apr 13, 2015 | Christian Hoepfner, PhD, Director, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems |
| 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 |
| Production Homebuilder + Passive House: Lessons Learned | Apr 13, 2015 | Anastasia Herk, IBACOS, Pittsburgh, PA, Duncan Prahl, IBACOS, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 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 |
| Restoring Airtightness and Weather-Resistance to Window and Curtain Wall Systems | Apr 13, 2015 | Ed Retzbach, CSI, CDT, LEED AP BD+C |
| Early Phase Performance Modeling to Right-Size Building Enclosure | Apr 13, 2015 | Jillian Burgess, RA. The Facade Group, Philadelphia, PA |
| Challenges and Opportunities in Deep Envelope Retrofitting | Apr 13, 2015 | Paul Bertram, FCSI, CDT, Director: Environment, Sustainability, Government Affairs Kingspan Insul |
| Potential Energy Savings with Exterior Shades in Large Offce Buildings and the Impace of Discomfort Glare | Apr 13, 2015 | Sabine Hoffmann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Eleanor Lee, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| Thermal Performance and Energy Savings Potential of Attic Radiant Barrier Systems | Apr 13, 2015 | Som Shrestha, PhD, BEMP, ORNL, Andre Desjarlais, ORNL |
| State of the Art in Evaluation Durability of Exterior Plasters | Apr 13, 2015 | Dariusz Gawin,Department of Building Physics & Building Materials, Lodz University of Technology, Po, Marcin Koniorczyk, Department of Building Physics & Building Materials, Lodz University of Technolog, Piotr Konca, Department of Building Physics & Building Materials, Lodz University of Technology, Pol |
| 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 Thermal Performance of Radiant Barriers and Interior Radiation Control Coatings for Attic Retrofits | Apr 13, 2015 | Ali Fallahi, Ph.D., R&D staff, Building Science Engineer, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston, MA, David Yarbrough, Ph.D., P.E., President, R&D Services, Cookeville, TN, Jan Kośny, Ph.D., Building Enclosure Program Lead, Fraunhofer CSE, Boston, MA |
| Double Wall Framing Technique – An Example of High Performance, Sustainable Building Envelope Technology | Apr 13, 2015 | Jan Kosny, Fraunhofer CSE – Cambridge MA, USA, Andi Asiz, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kaushik Biswas, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, Nitin Shukla, Fraunhofer CSE – Cambridge MA, USA |
| Weathered OSB Air and Water Leakage Testing | Apr 13, 2015 | Paul Grahovac, PROSOCO |
| Thermal and Energy Performance of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (aac) | Apr 13, 2015 | Nitin Shukla, Fraunhofer, Diane Elliott, Franhoufer, Bryan Urban, Fraunhofer, Ali Fallahi, Fraunhofer, Jan Kosny, Fraunhofer |
| High-Performance Building Envelopes: Design Methods for Energy Efficient Facades | Apr 13, 2015 | Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT,Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
| Experimental Synthesis of Hollow Silica Nanospheres for Application as Superinsulation in the Buildings of Tomorrow | Apr 13, 2015 | Bjørn Petter Jelle, SINTEF Building & Infrastructure, Department of Materials and Structures, Norway, Tao Gao, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Architectural Design, Linn Ingunn Christie Sandberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Bente Gilbu Tilset, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Materials and Nanotechnology Sector, Mathieu Grandcolas, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Materials and Nanotechnology Sector, Arild Gustavsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Architectural |
| Thermal Resistance of Enclosed Reflective Airspaces in Building Applications | Apr 13, 2015 | Hamed H. Saber |
| 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 |
| History and Future of Fenestration: Where Have We Been? Where are We Heading? | Apr 13, 2015 | Stephen Selkowitz, Group Leader, Windows and Envelope Materials, LBNL |
| Quantifying Comfort to Assist in the Window Selection Process | Apr 13, 2015 | Kerry Haglund, LEED AP BD +C, Executive Director, Efficient Windows Collaborative, Wyoming, MN, Jim Larsen, Director, Technology Marketing, Cardinal Glass Industries, Eden Prairie, MN |
| Thermal Bridging: Observed Impacts and Proposed Improvement for Common Conditions | Apr 13, 2015 | Andrea Love, Director of Building Science, Payette Associates, Boston, Charles Klee, Principal, Payette Associates, Boston |
| Measuring Field Performance of Aerogel Insulation in a Hot, Dry Climate | Apr 13, 2015 | Bryan Urban, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, USA, Nitin Shukla, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, USA, Anthony D. Fontanini, Iowa State University, USA , Jan Kosny, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, USA |
| Field Test Data from Retrofit of a Small Residential House Using EISF Technology | Apr 13, 2015 | John Edgar, STO Corporation, Ali Fallahi, Fraunhofer CSE, Alliston Watts, Fraunhofer CSE, Jan Kosny, Fraunhofer CSE, Linda Jeng, Dow Chemical |