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 |
|---|---|---|
| Successful Implementation of Air Tightness Requirements for Residential Buildings | Apr 12, 2010 | Bruce D. Nelson, PE (Minnesota Department of Commerce) |
| Stucco Failures and Remediation | Apr 12, 2010 | Roger Morse, AIA, Paul E. Haas |
| Structural and Hygrothermal Field Monitoring of Thick Continuously Insulated Wall Assemblies Utilized in a Multistory Residential Building | Apr 02, 2012 | Gary Parsons (The Dow Chemical Company), Jeff Hansbro (The Dow Chemical Company), Craig Buck (The Dow Chemical Company), Scott Croasdale, M.Eng, P.Eng, PE (JRS Engineering Ltd.), Joel Schwartz, P.Eng, FEC, BEP (JRS Engineering Ltd.) |
| Strategies and Incentives for Retrofitting Commercial Buildings to Reduce Energy Consumption | Apr 02, 2012 | Cory Vanderpool ( EnOcean Alliance) |
| Strategic Computing Complex : A Whole Building Design Guide Case Study | Mar 30, 2017 | Whole Building Design Guide, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences |
| State-of-the-Art Medical Center Provides Senior Services Designed to Accommodate an Aging Population | Nov 20, 2017 | The Center for Heath Design |
| State of the Art of NFPA 285 | Apr 13, 2015 | Brian Kuhn, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. |
| Specific and Practical Methods to Improve a BECx Program | Apr 13, 2015 | Benjamin W Townsend, P.E., WDP & Associates, William R. Nash, P.E., WDP & Associates |
| Spatial Configuration and Social Life for People Experiencing Dementia | Mar 27, 2013 | Keith Diaz Moore (University of Kansas), Farhana Ferdous (University of Kansas) |
| Sound Environment During the Child's Development | Jan 01, 1991 | Annie Moch (Department of Psychology, University of Paris) |
| Some Prospects for Simulating Human Behavior in High-Rise Building Fires: A Pilot Demonstration | Jan 01, 1976 | Fred I. Stahl (The City University of New York) |
| Solar Reflectivity Studies Lotte World Tower – Case Study | Apr 02, 2012 | Charles D. Clift, PE (Curtain Wall Design and Consulting), Vicente Montes-Amoros, PE (Curtain Wall Design and Consulting) |
| Solar Radiation Glazing Factors for Electrochromic Windows for Building Applications | Apr 12, 2010 | Bjorn Petter Jelle (SINTEF), Arild Gustavsen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
| Solar Heating with Dynamic Opaque Walls and Roofs | Apr 16, 2018 | John Archibald President, American Solar, Inc |
| SMATS: Sketch-Based Modeling and Analysis of Truss Systems | Mar 27, 2013 | Neda Mohammadi (Virginia Tech), Junpeng Wang (Virginia Tech), Yong Cao (Virginia Tech), Mehdi Setareh (Virginia Tech) |
| SMARTcodes | Oct 01, 2008 | Dave Conover, International Code Council, Eunice Lee, International Code Council |
| Sixty Years of Transition in a Planned Company Town, with a Portrayal of Current Resident Evaluations | Jan 01, 1976 | Arnold R. Alanen (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| Six Ways for Condensation in Buildings | Apr 12, 2010 | Wagdy Anis, FAIA (WJE Associates Inc.) |
| Single and Double Layered Vacuum Insulation Panels of the Same Thickness in Comparison | Apr 02, 2012 | Samuel Brunner (Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology), T. Stahl (Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology), Karim Ghazi Wakili (Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) |
| Simulation of Dynamic Daylighting and Glare Control Systems for a Six-Story Net Zero Energy Office Building in Seattle, WA | Apr 02, 2012 | Christopher Meek (University of Washington), Amanda Bruot (University of Washington), Louie Caldwell (University of Washington) |
| Simulation of Complex Glazing Products; from Optical Data Measurements to Model Based Predictive Controls | Apr 02, 2012 | Christian Koehler (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
| Simulation Modeling as a Lean Tool for Healthcare Design: Determining Room Utilization and Staffing in the Emergency Department | Jun 08, 2015 | Marvina Williams, RN, Lean Black Belt (Perkins+Will) |
| 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 |
| Simple, Fast, Cost Effective Methods of Foam Board Joint Sealing for Air Barrier Assemblies in Commercial Construction | Apr 02, 2012 | Katherine L. Johnson (The Dow Chemical Company), Daniel A. Tempas (The Dow Chemical Company) |
| SIMPLE BoS: Towards a Multidisciplinary Integration of Photovoltaic Energy in Buildings | Mar 27, 2013 | Andrés Cavieres (Georgia Institute of Technology), Tristan Al-Haddad (Georgia Institute of Technology), Russell Gentry (Georgia Institute of Technology), Kathryn Nagel (Georgia Institute of Technology), Joseph Goodman (Georgia Tech Research Institute) |