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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gobain and Certainteed North American Headquarters: A Whole Buildings Design Guide Case Study | Jul 12, 2018 | Whole Buildings Design Guide, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences |
| Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Headquarters Building, Buildings 33 and Quadrangle Buildings : A Whole Building Design Guide Case Study | Jun 19, 2018 | Whole Building Design Guide, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences |
| Assessing the Triple Bottom Line of Alternative Window to Wall Ratios as Resilient Adaptations in Office Buildings | Apr 18, 2018 | Luke Troup, PhD Candidate, Northeastern University, Robert Phillips, PhD Candidate, Northeastern University, Matthew Eckelman, PhD. Northeastern University , David Fannon, AIA, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University |
| Energy Study for Improving Building Enclosure Performance | Apr 18, 2018 | Chris Norris, PE, Building Enclosure Practice Area Leader, Walter P. Moore. |
| Balancing Preservation and Energy Efficiency in Building Retrofits | Apr 17, 2018 | Rex A. Cyphers, PE , Principal, WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc., Carly (May) Wagner, PE, Project Engineer II , WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc. , Jodi M. Knorowski, PE, Project Engineer I, WDP & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc. |
| The Renovation of Louis Kahn's Richards Building: High Performance Historic Preservation | Apr 16, 2018 | Aaron Davis, AIA, Senior Associate, Heintges |
| High-rise Buildings with Combustible Exterior Insulation Systems - A Risk Assessment Tool for Building Authorities | Apr 16, 2018 | Kathleen Almand, PE, Vice President of Research, NFPA |
| Performance and Durability of Wall Assemblies using Mineral Wool Exterior Insulation in the Pacific Northwest | Apr 16, 2018 | Alejandra Nieto, building science project manager, ROXUL Inc. |
| Building Enclosure Meets Structure | Apr 16, 2018 | Dudley McFarquhar, PhD, PE CEO and Principal, McFarquhar Group Inc, |
| Improving Fire Protection System Performance | Apr 16, 2018 | Victoria Valentine, Director, Society of Fire Protection Engineers |
| Whole Building Sensitivity Analysis for Thermal Bridging | Apr 16, 2018 | Brad Carmichael Senior Building Science Specialist, JRS Engineering |
| Indoor Environmental Quality Performance of a Double LEED™ Platinum Commercial Office Building Pre- and Post-Retrofit | Apr 16, 2018 | Stanley Gatland II, Manager, Building Sciences and Comfort, CertainTeed Corporation, Ihab Elzeyad, PhD, University of Oregon |
| Antiterrorism: The Surprising First Step in the Sustainability Formula | Apr 16, 2018 | Doug Haines Owner/CEO, Haines Security Solutions |
| Ultra High Performance Concrete Panels for Prefabricated Wall Assemblies | Apr 16, 2018 | Kevin Gannon, RA, Director, Program Development, TAKTL LLC |
| Solar Heating with Dynamic Opaque Walls and Roofs | Apr 16, 2018 | John Archibald President, American Solar, Inc |
| The Potential Application of Bio-Polymeric Materials in Building Facades: A Framework of multi-performance criteria matrix for selecting optimal materials by the AHP and TOPSIS methods | Apr 16, 2018 | Ahmed Ali Hassan, PhD , architect and assistant professor, Helwan University |
| Integration of New Building Envelope Systems | Apr 16, 2018 | Rick Filloramo Area Director, Market Development & Tech Services, International Masonry Institute |
| Prefabricated Exterior Wall Panels for Commercial Building Enclosures | Apr 16, 2018 | Kenneth C. Loush, PE, Eastern Exterior Wall Systems, Inc |
| Taking Sides - Impact of Positioning PCMs at Different Sides of Enclosure Systems | Apr 16, 2018 | Dr. Georg Reichard Associate Professor, Virginia Tech |
| Construction Document Quality Crisis | Apr 16, 2018 | David Stutzman, AIA, CSI, CCS, SCIP and Louis Medcalf, FCSI, CCS, SCIP |
| Evolving Ice Damming Solutions for a Changing Climate | Apr 16, 2018 | Charlotte Metzler, Assoc. AIA, building enclosure consultant, WSP |
| Balancing Your Building Enclosure: The Building Enclosure Commissioning Scope that Matters | Apr 16, 2018 | Emily Hopps, Associate Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., and Anna M. Burhoe |
| Experimental Study on Integration of Thermoelectric Materials in Exterior Walls for Heating and Cooling in High-Performance Buildings | Apr 16, 2018 | Dr. Ajla Aksamija Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts |
| Where the Commissioning Rubber Meets the Road: Building Enclosure Performance Testing | Apr 16, 2018 | Peter Babaian, Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. |
| 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 |