A “passive” approach to building design uses architectural and building enclosure elements aligned with local, micro-climate considerations to meet thermal comfort requirements. This can significantly reduce the need for “active” mechanical and electrical equipment that would typically provide heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting. Ideally, a truly passive building would eliminate the need for active equipment all together.
CLSB - Collaborative Life Science Building is an extremely complicated, hyper-fast construction schedule project with several large clients and an amazing set of functions housed within the building. The building enclosure was developed with key lessons that will apply to most other building types. The complexity of the schedule, team, functions, and enclosure performance program all combined to make an interesting project. This course is intended to share the lessons that have been learned and are continuing to evolve through construction.
1 LU HSW/SD
"Building Envelope Commissioning" will discuss the process of envelope commissioning and how the NIBS structure can be implemented. ASHRAE states, "The Commissioning Process is a quality-focused process for achieving, verifying, and documenting that the performance of facilities, systems, and assemblies meets defined objectives and criteria."
Drawing on project experience from across North America, the presentation will examine the need for commissioning the passive building envelope systems, the process, the challenges and the impact on energy performance.
1 LU HSW/SD
An introduction to Oregon's Reach Code, an advanced energy code for optional use in all jurisdictions in Oregon. Background on the development and why it is one of the most advanced energy codes in the nation. Participants will learn the basic structure of the code and how to apply it in everyday projects.
1 LU/HSW/SD
This course will focus on the concepts of blast resistant design as they relate to building envelope systems. The differences between ballistic, blast, and impact resistant designs will be discussed along with lessons learned from previous blast event. Opaque and transparent wall and roofing systems will be discussed within the context of blast resistance mitigation.
Mark will present tools and resources for integrated facade design and analysis from the Building Technology Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL). Their latest research includes testing and simulation of complex fenestration materials and assemblies. Tools from LBNL, including Window6 and COMFEN4, can provide valuable information to support intelligent decision-making in the design of integrated facades.
Electronic leak detection for roofs in almost any form, whether it is manually practiced or computer controlled, is based on the following principles:
We live in a dynamic environment, but until now our building enclosures have been static in nature – unable to effectively control the flow of the sun’s light and heat into buildings from hour to hour and from season to season. Electronically tintable glass provides the means to develop a dynamic façade with variable visible light transmission and solar heat gain coefficient, which saves cooling and lighting energy, and solves problems of excessive solar heat gain, glare, fading and the need for unsightly blinds. In fact, the U.S.
A survey of sealant types and chemistry with a focus on selection basics, failure modes, and differences between sealant choices.
As the trend toward re-using buildings grows, re-skinning buildings will become ever more prevalent. Presenters from SERA, Howard S. Wright, and Benson will give a very brief presentation and then a tour of the building emphasizing the story of the envelope. The tour and presentation will tell the story of the project and the envelope. Please bring a hard had and construction appropriate footwear.