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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 of Complex Glazing Products; from Optical Data Measurements to Model Based Predictive Controls | Apr 02, 2012 | Christian Koehler (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Six Ways for Condensation in Buildings | Apr 12, 2010 | Wagdy Anis, FAIA (WJE Associates Inc.) |
| 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) |
| SMARTcodes | Oct 01, 2008 | Dave Conover, International Code Council, Eunice Lee, International Code Council |
| 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) |
| Solar Heating with Dynamic Opaque Walls and Roofs | Apr 16, 2018 | John Archibald President, American Solar, Inc |
| 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 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) |
| 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) |
| Sound Environment During the Child's Development | Jan 01, 1991 | Annie Moch (Department of Psychology, University of Paris) |
| Spatial Configuration and Social Life for People Experiencing Dementia | Mar 27, 2013 | Keith Diaz Moore (University of Kansas), Farhana Ferdous (University of Kansas) |
| 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 |
| State of the Art of NFPA 285 | Apr 13, 2015 | Brian Kuhn, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. |
| State-of-the-Art Medical Center Provides Senior Services Designed to Accommodate an Aging Population | Nov 20, 2017 | The Center for Heath Design |
| 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 |
| Strategies and Incentives for Retrofitting Commercial Buildings to Reduce Energy Consumption | Apr 02, 2012 | Cory Vanderpool ( EnOcean Alliance) |
| 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.) |
| Stucco Failures and Remediation | Apr 12, 2010 | Roger Morse, AIA, Paul E. Haas |
| Successful Implementation of Air Tightness Requirements for Residential Buildings | Apr 12, 2010 | Bruce D. Nelson, PE (Minnesota Department of Commerce) |
| Survey of Design Research in Healthcare Settings; The Use and Impact of Evidence-based Design | Jan 01, 2009 | Ellen M. Taylor, AIA, MBA, EDAC |
| Synergy in the Sandbox | Oct 01, 2008 | Adam Lega, BIM Coordinator, KAI Design and BUILD |
| Systems Thinking at the Get Go | Apr 06, 2015 | Ray Mann (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) |