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 |
|---|---|---|
| Informed Mechanical Design Through Tested Air Leakage Rates | Apr 02, 2012 | Jeff Speert, AIA (JRS Engineering Corp.), Cory Legge, AScT (JRS Engineering Ltd.) |
| Assessing Thermal Comfort near Glass Facades with New Tools | Apr 02, 2012 | Sabine Hoffmann (Center for the Built Environment, University of California at Berkeley), Christoph Jedek (Center for the Built Environment, University of California at Berkeley), Edward Arens (Center for the Built Environment, University of California at Berkeley) |
| Building Enclosure Performance Research— Applications in Professional Practice | Apr 02, 2012 | Mark Perepelitza, AIA (ZGF Architects) |
| 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) |
| Physical or Virtual? : Effectiveness of Virtual Mockups of Building Envelope Systems | Apr 02, 2012 | Minjung Maing (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| Documentation of Complex Building Enclosures | Apr 02, 2012 | Kevin M. Turner, AIA (The Freelon Group), Kevin Day, AIA (The Freelon Group), Eric Lankes, AIA (The Freelon Group) |
| Quality Management in the Design and Construction of Enclosure Systems | Apr 02, 2012 | Michael P. Steffen, AIA (Walsh Construction Co.), Martin J. Houston (Walsh Construction Co.) |
| Envelope Thermal Failures Due to Wind Washing in Two-Story Homes | Apr 02, 2012 | James B. Cummings (Florida Solar Energy Center), Charles R. Withers (Florida Solar Energy Center) |
| Building Enclosure Commissioning of a Student Athletic Facility | Apr 02, 2012 | Paul E. Totten, PE (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.), Andrew Smith (Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.) |
| 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) |
| 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.) |
| Simulation of Complex Glazing Products; from Optical Data Measurements to Model Based Predictive Controls | Apr 02, 2012 | Christian Koehler (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
| 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) |
| Evaluation of the Thermal Performance of Innovative Pre-Fabricated Wall Systems through Field Testing | Apr 02, 2012 | Hua Ge (Ryerson University), Fitssum Tariku (British Columbia Institute of Technology) |
| Warm, Wet, and Wild: Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis Applied to Built Environment | Apr 02, 2012 | Cecilie Flyen Øyen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Anders-Johan Almås (SINTEF), Hans Olav Hygen (The Norwegian Meteorological Institute) |
| 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) |
| Modeling the Effect of Air Leakage in Hygrothermal Envelope SImulation | Apr 02, 2012 | Hartwig M. Künzel, Dr.-Ing. (Fraunhofer Institute), Daniel Zirkelbach, Dipl.-Ing. (Fraunhofer Institute), Beate Schafaczek, Dipl.-Ing. (Fraunhofer Institute) |
| Aerogel for Thermal Insulation of Interior Wall Retrofits in Cold Climates | Apr 02, 2012 | Nitin C. Shukla (Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems), Ali Fallahi (Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems), Jan Kosny (Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems), Steve Harasim (Aspen Aerogels Inc.), Chris Blair (Aspen Aerogels Inc.) |
| The Emerging Role of Electronically Tintable Glass for Energy Codes and Standards | Apr 02, 2012 | Brandon TInianov, PhD |
| Eco-Efficiency Analysis of Wall Cladding Systems | Apr 02, 2012 | Richard Martens (BASF Wall Systems), Bruce Uhlman (BASF Wall Systems) |
| High Performance Curtain Wall Using Vacuum Insulated Panel (VIP) Spandrels | Apr 02, 2012 | Lawrence D. Carbary (Dow Corning Corporation), Andrew Dunlap, AIA (SmithGroup), Thomas F. O’Connor, FAIA (SmithGroup) |
| Towards Airtightness – The Contractor’s Role in Designing and Constructing the Air Barrier System | Apr 02, 2012 | Michael P. Steffen, AIA (Walsh Construction Co.) |
| Strategies and Incentives for Retrofitting Commercial Buildings to Reduce Energy Consumption | Apr 02, 2012 | Cory Vanderpool ( EnOcean Alliance) |
| Exploring the Building Energy Impacts of Green Roof Design Decisions - A Modeling Study of Buildings in Four Distinct Climates | Apr 02, 2012 | David J. Sailor (Portland State University), Timothy B. Elley (PAE Consulting Engineers), Max Gibson (Portland State University) |
| Thermal Insulation Systems of the Future | Apr 02, 2012 | Mark Bomberg (University of Toronto), Marcin Pazera (CENTRIA), Robert Aird (Robert Aird Inc.) |