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Spring 2022

The Spring 2022 edition is jammed packed with technical articles describing the challenges of meeting increasingly stringent standards to support energy-efficient building construction. We also discuss the emergence of the envelope backstop and why it was introduced by policymakers to limit how far building enclosure thermal performance can stray from the prescriptive requirements. Our CEU article this issue discusses the interconnectedness of roof strategies that can help minimize whole building carbon emissions while improving long-term performance. Read now to earn 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 IIBEC CEH; 0.1 IACET CEU; 1 GBCI CE Hour.

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CEU: Commercial Roofing as a Sustainability Benefit Multiplier

Shawn Torbert
March 11, 2022

Sustainability is too often seen as an afterthought to how we design and construct buildings.


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The Growth of Prefabricated Exterior Walls

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Richard Martens
January 12, 2022

Prefabricated exterior walls are changing the game in construction by providing customized constructability solutions.


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Deep Energy Retrofits Offer a Critical Step Toward Decarbonization

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Alejandra Nieto M.B.Sc.
March 9, 2022

It’s time to move deep energy retrofits from promising principle to conventional practice with a holistic, envelope-first approach.


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Integrating Proper Building Enclosure into the Design Process

Robert G. Barfield
March 16, 2022

Clear procedures should be established in order to create integrated project teams that understand the goals of the project.


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Graceful Geometries of Residence Protected from Thermal Bridging

September 22, 2021

One of the ways the design, engineering and construction teams met the City of Vancouver’s new stringent energy requirements was by using structural thermal breaks to prevent thermal bridging at balconies, eyebrows, parapets and planter walls. 


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What is the Envelope Backstop?

Sophia Salah Cheryl Saldanha Abigail Sefah
March 10, 2022

The envelope backstop was introduced by policymakers to limit how far building enclosure thermal performance can stray from the envelope prescriptive requirements.


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Benefits of Translucent Polycarbonate Window and Wall Systems

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Victoria Scanlon
March 7, 2022

EIA’s most recent data reports that energy-efficient, multi-paned windows are featured in 60 percent of U.S. buildings, which account for 75 percent of commercial floorspace. This presents a significant opportunity to improve existing buildings and to construct new buildings with energy-efficient daylight openings, including polycarbonate glazing and wall systems.


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EPS Insulation Supports Energy-Efficient Buildings

Global Sustainability Initiatives Gain Momentum
Tom Savoy
September 8, 2021

As corporate commitments to sustainability initiatives continue to gain momentum across the globe, there’s a growing focus on energy conservation.


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The Future is Mixed-Use: Urban Development in 2022 and Beyond

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David Nicholson
March 4, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted expectations in nearly all aspects of our lives. Whether in work, school, or leisure, we’ve collectively been forced to adapt new habits and ways of thinking.


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Measured Air Leakage Requirements in Context

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Daniel Overbey
January 21, 2022

Whole-building pressurization testing is becoming standard practice for building projects. Many common energy conservation standards and model codes now exhibit requirements for enclosure airtightness, which are to be achieved through measured air leakage rates.


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Post-Pandemic Workplaces

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Lindsay Lewis
April 4, 2022

As some of us make the shift from working from home to heading back to an office space, it leads me to wonder what the offices of the future will look like. There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has altered our entire way of life. It’s definitely altered how we’ll design public places too.


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Roofing Code: Section 1504.5 Edge Securement

December 5, 2011

Low-slope membrane roof system metal edge securement, except gutters, shall be designed and installed for wind loads in accordance with Chapter 16 and tested for resistance in accordance with ANSI/SPRI ES-1, except the basic wind speed shall be determined from Figure 1609.


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Waterproofing Code: Section 1807

May 6, 2011
1807.1.2.1 Flood hazard areas. For buildings and structures in flood hazard areas as established in Section 1612.3, the finished ground level of an under-floor space such as a crawl space shall be equal to or higher than the outside finished ground level.
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Low, Wood-Framed Parapet Wall Flashing

January 19, 2022

The profile of specific components, their configuration or sequencing, can vary with the roof system, climatic differences, and regional or area practices.


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