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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hidden in Plain Sight; Understanding Air Leakage and Innovative Technologies | Apr 16, 2018 | Laverne Dalgleish Executive Director, Air Barrier Association of America |
| Cool Roof Rating Council: Keeping Cool for 20 Years | Apr 16, 2018 | Sarah Schneider, Deputy Director, Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC) |
| 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 |
| Solar Heating with Dynamic Opaque Walls and Roofs | Apr 16, 2018 | John Archibald President, American Solar, Inc |
| Ultra High Performance Concrete Panels for Prefabricated Wall Assemblies | Apr 16, 2018 | Kevin Gannon, RA, Director, Program Development, TAKTL LLC |
| Integration of New Building Envelope Systems | Apr 16, 2018 | Rick Filloramo Area Director, Market Development & Tech Services, International Masonry Institute |
| 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 |
| Taking Sides - Impact of Positioning PCMs at Different Sides of Enclosure Systems | Apr 16, 2018 | Dr. Georg Reichard Associate Professor, Virginia Tech |
| Prefabricated Exterior Wall Panels for Commercial Building Enclosures | Apr 16, 2018 | Kenneth C. Loush, PE, Eastern Exterior Wall Systems, Inc |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Comparison of Metal and Non-Metal Retrofit Systems | Apr 16, 2018 | Vincent Sagan Senior Staff Engineer, Metal Building Manufacturers Association |
| Transparent Generator Windows | Apr 16, 2018 | Eric Carbonnier, PhD, Vice President of Sustainability University of Oregon / HMC Architects, G.Z. Brown, FAIA, University of Oregon |