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High Performance Building Envelope
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 | Energy-Saving Alternatives
ENERGY STAR’s new glass performance standards recognize superior energy-saving alternatives to generic low-e glass.
by Bruce Lang
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 | Addressing IAQ
Good indoor air quality creates healthier and happier building occupants.
by Stan Gatland
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 | High Performance Building Envelope: Tough Enough?
Pursuant to the Canadian Standards Association’s Guideline on Durability (CSA S478-95), one point can be earned for developing and implementing a building durability plan. Paradoxically, this sole point for durability has met with a firestorm of resistance from insurance companies who consider it an implied warranty.
by J.M. Syken
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 | High Performance Building Envelope: Looking Beyond High-Performance Claddings
True today as it was two decades ago, the lack of or improperly designed or installed flashings at transitions should be the primary consideration in designing exterior envelopes. Architects should not dismiss the lessons of the past or tried-and-true details that have proven themselves over decades of service.
by Mark Fowler
Keith Soltner AIA
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