We read and hear about building failures and the related tragedies with those failures and ask – what went wrong? The most common and expensive sources of these building failures involve building ...

This presentation examines the critical nature of tie-ins, transitions, and continuity throughout the building envelope. These critical areas may only represent 1% of the building envelope, but it is ...

The integration of thermal storage materials into a building envelope assembly can enhance energy performance of buildings. The integration of phase change materials (PCM)s into budlings envelope ...

The ‘Building Envelope’ Campus provides you with the necessary knowledge to make intelligent decisions when it comes to choosing your building's systems. A building needs a high performance “envelope” ...

A building’s envelope is the first thing you notice - its defining feature, before even setting foot inside. While indisputably important, there’s much more going on than just aesthetics when ...

With the move to sustainable living, businesses, investors and governments are looking for the most abundant energy sources to do so effectively. Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is one of ...