At GWWO, the evaluation of the building envelope starts early in the design process. We believe that an interdisciplinary approach to design is inclusive of building systems and is essential to ...

Boulder Community Health’s West Medical Building, with its hybrid vacuum-insulated glass installation and two inches of continuous rigid insulation, and the Lubber Run Community Center, Arlington, Va.

High-performance building envelopes are rewriting the playbook for HVAC contractors — as buildings are getting more airtight and insulation more robust, loads drop and demand curves flatten, meaning ...

Discover how rainscreen façades redefine the building envelope by integrating solar technology as an architectural material.

How construction data is reshaping architectural design. The disconnect between what architects envision and what actually gets built is narrowing, thanks to a shift in how construction knowledge ...

Ozyegin University Building Envelope Design and Technology Lab is organizing an international conference on Resilience in Building Envelope Design and Technologies with tremendous speakers from ...

Researchers at the RMIT University in Australia have developed a multi-objective optimization (MOO) framework to maximize the life cycle energy (LCE) and life cycle cost (LCC) of different ...

New system-driven approach from Picklo Homes enhances performance, comfort, and durability in custom residential ...

Simulation of wind flows around the model of Austin’s 321 West 6th Street illustrates the E-SE wind direction that resulted in the largest cross-wind response on the 58-story high-rise. The hotter the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writes on housing innovation for sustainability and affordability. While the month of May means spring flowers for much of the ...