Building the Future: High-Performance Building Enclosures for Sustainable and Resilient Structures
Sustainable, resilient buildings require high-performing building enclosures. Increased thermal performance requirements, as well as new legislation related to carbon emissions and resilience, aim to enhance energy efficiency, durability, and occupant comfort. Conventional systems and methods can often fall short of these demands, prompting the market to adapt by rapidly developing new materials and systems that lack a long-term track record of in-service performance. In this webinar, we will delve into the evolving landscape of performance requirements for building enclosures that owners and designers are pressured to navigate, including considerations for thermal bridging, embodied carbon, and future extreme weather conditions. We will provide insights and best practices for evaluating performance to achieve sustainability and resilience in modern building enclosure construction. Join us as we explore the intricacies of high-performance building enclosure systems and their role in shaping the buildings of the future.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Understand evolving legislation related to thermal performance, embodied carbon, and resilience for building enclosure systems.
- Identify key design challenges for evaluating building enclosure system performance.
- Review methods to evaluate new materials and systems, considering long-term performance and sustainability features.
- Apply best practices for designing and constructing building enclosures that achieve high-performance, durability, and future resilience.
Participants will earn 1 AIA CES Learning Unit (LU/HSW) for attending the seminar. Registration is free. Please note that space is limited – email events@sgh.com to join our waitlist if the session is closed when you register.
About the Speaker
Sophia Salah has practical experience in both the West Coast and New England regions. She enjoys applying lessons learned from investigations to new design projects and collaborating with contractors and designers to develop successfully functioning air, water, thermal, and vapor control layers for building enclosure systems of commercial buildings, health care facilities, and residential-use buildings. Her expertise lies in building enclosure design and construction for all aspects of the enclosure, including below-grade foundations and plazas, exterior wall opaque systems, fenestration (curtain wall, storefront, and windows), and roofs.
Cheryl Saldanha leads SGH’s Building Science and Passive House practices and specializes in designing and evaluating building enclosures for new construction projects and existing building enclosure renovations. Her experience includes rainscreen facade, curtain wall, roofing, and waterproofing systems on a range of building types. Cheryl is adept at using multiple computer software packages to simulate building systems and details for thermal, condensation, and whole-building energy and daylighting analysis. She is a member of the AIA New York Building Science Committee and the NYC Commercial Energy Code Technical Advisory Committee.
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