By Randall Stout, FAIA, NCARB, CCIDC & Michael Garrison, SBSE, IALD
After reading this article and completing the online quiz, you should be able to:
1. Learn how “advanced energy strategies” allow a building envelope to generate energy for use on site and optimize a building’s energy performance.
2. Understand how computers can create unusually shaped envelopes.
3. Identify envelope types according to concepts rather than specific construction methods or materials.
Continuing Education and Cost Information
Quiz: $35 (Free for NCARB Record Holders)
1 CEH in health, safety, and welfare (HSW) and sustainable design (SD)
10 pages
Click here to download a PDF of "Pushing the Building Envelope."
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