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National Institute of Building Sciences
The National Institute of Building Sciences is a
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successfully brings together representatives
of government, the professions, industry,
labor and consumer interests and regulatory
agencies to focus on the identification and
resolution of problems and potential problems
that hamper the construction of safe, affordable
structures for housing, commerce and industry
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high-performance, resilient communities across
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National Institute of Building Sciences
The Institute serves as an authoritative source for the private and public sectors to identify and resolve building process and facility performance
issues. Its members consist of professionals from a wide range of public and private sectors, who share their experiences and expertise as they serve
on the Institute’s Boards, Councils, Committees and Programs and volunteer with the Institute to develop and implement technical and procedural
improvements for the built environment. A number of such Councils and Programs are listed here.
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP & ADVOCACY
The Consultative Council assembles high-level building
community representatives to make recommendations
directly to the executive and legislative branches of
government to improve our nation’s buildings and
infrastructure.
The Council on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (CFIRE)
works to promote collaboration and buy-in across these
sectors and address the challenges of evaluating risks,
benefits, technologies and practices associated with the
achievement of cost-effective, high-performance buildings.
The National Council of Governments on Building Codes
and Standards (NCGBCS) brings together representatives
of state and local governments from across the United
States to advance the administration of building codes and
standards through sharing of best practices; education and
training; and dissemination of information.
The Commercial Workforce Credentialing Council (CWCC)
leads development of voluntary national guidelines, known
as the Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines, to improve
the quality and consistency of commercial building
workforce credentials.
The Off-Site Construction Council (OSCC) serves as a
research, education and outreach center for relevant and
current information on off-site design and construction for
commercial, institutional and multifamily facilities.
The Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Education Program (STEM) is a joint program of the
National Institute of Building Sciences, Total Learning
Research Institute and NASA to create and inspire interest
in careers within the built environment.
The Low Vision Design Committee (LVDC) focuses on the
development of design principles and regulatory guidelines
for creating safer and more accommodating environments
for the growing population of people with low vision.
The Academy for Healthcare Infrastructure (AHI) is
a collaborative research program that brings leading
healthcare professionals together to address industry
challenges at a national level.
SECURITY & DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
The Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) develops
earthquake risk mitigation and regulatory provisions for the
nation’s buildings and provides a national forum to advance
earthquake-resistant design and construction.
The Integrated Resilient Design Program (IRDP) focuses
on innovative approaches to the design, construction and
operation of buildings and infrastructures that are resilient
to natural and man-made disasters.
The Multihazard Mitigation Council (MMC) works to
reduce the effects of natural disasters and other extreme
events by promoting pre-disaster mitigation at the
community, state, regional and national levels.
FACILITY PERFORMANCE & SUSTAINABILITY
The Building Enclosure Technology & Environment Council
(BETEC) brings together public and private building
community leaders to tackle the major energy-related
regulatory and technical issues relating to the building
envelope.
The Building Enclosure Council (BEC) National is a network
of architects, engineers, contractors, manufacturers and
others located in major cities across the United States. BECs
provide an industry forum to address building enclosures.
The High Performance Building Council (HPBC) is working
to define what constitutes high-performance buildings,
emphasizing life-cycle issues rather than initial costs, to
facilitate design, construction and operations.
The National Mechanical Insulation Committee (NMIC)
provides a forum to identify, develop and disseminate
information related to mechanical insulation in commercial
and industrial applications.
The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) works
to unite and inspire the building industry toward higher
performance—through education, outreach, advocacy
and the mutual exchange of ideas—and to dramatically
improve the long-term performance and value of buildings
by advancing a whole-building approach to design,
construction and operation.
INFORMATION RESOURCES & TECHNOLOGIES
The buildingSMART alliance® (Alliance) is streamlining the
way buildings are designed, constructed and operated by
tackling the complete building life-cycle process through
information sharing, cultural change and technology.
Alliance committees develop the United States National
CAD Standard® (NCS) and the National BIM StandardUnited States® (NBIMS-US™).
The WBDG Whole Building Design Guide® is one of
the largest, most comprehensive, online resources in the
construction industry. This web-based portal provides
government and industry practitioners with information on
a wide range of building-related guidance and contains
criteria required by U.S. military and other federal agencies.
The Facility Maintenance & Operations Committee
(FMOC) works within the industry to improve the
performance and longevity of buildings and building
systems through consistent, effective and proper facility
maintenance and operation.
The Building Resource Information Knowledgebase (BRIK),
a collaborative effort between the National Institute of
Building Sciences and The American Institute of Architects,
is an interactive portal offering online access to peerreviewed research projects and case studies in all facets of
building, from pre-design through occupancy and reuse.
The National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
(NCEF) is an online source of school facilities information
that provides resources on planning, designing, funding,
building, improving and maintaining safe, healthy, highperformance schools.
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Published bi-monthly, each edition provides a specific focus within
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The Art of BIM
Up Close and Professional
Industry Leadership
and Advocacy
Users Draw on Technology and Imagination
Engineering Creative Building Enclosures
By Ajla Aksamija, PhD, LEED AP BD+C, CDT
H
igh-performance, sustainable façades are defined
as exterior enclosures that use the least possible
amount of energy to maintain a comfortable interior
environment, which promotes the health and productivity
of the building’s occupants.[1] This means that high-
performing façades are not simply barriers between interior
and exterior. Rather, these building systems both create
comfortable spaces by actively responding to a structure’s
external environment, and significantly reduce its energy
consumption.
In This Issue
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Off-Site Construction Practices
The Changing Code Official
Future Goals for Healthcare Systems
Designing Supportive Environments
Approaches to Higher-Performing Façades
Expanded Uses for Cutting-Edge Technologies
Ratings in the National Flood Insurance Program
Figure 1: Effects of different window-to-wall ratios (WWRs) on energy
consumption and solar heat gain in a hot climate.
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Figure 2: Effects of different WWRs on energy consumption and solar
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heat gain in a cold climate.
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nitized glass-and-aluminum curtain wall is one of the
classic applications of prefabricated wall construction.
Buildings with significant exterior surface area and large
amounts of material repetition are excellent candidates for
unitized curtain wall, while buildings with less repetition, more
unique wall conditions/geometries and smaller surface areas
are less-suited for unitization and often use field-fabricated or
“stick-built” construction methods. Unitized construction is not
limited to glass-and-aluminum curtain walls, however. Many
manufacturers offer prefabricated wall systems for more traditional cladding, such as brick veneer and metal panels—usually
with windows and other fenestration already integrated into
the assembly. Both unitized curtain wall and prefabricated wall
panels provide an opportunity to maintain a heightened level of
precision with respect to tolerance and workmanship through
factory-controlled processes and methods, as well as quality
assurance and quality control protocols.
Design Considerations
Climate-specific guidelines must
be considered during the design of
high-performance façades. Strategies
that work best in hot, arid climates
are different from those that work in
temperate or hot, humid regions. Also,
heating-dominated climates require
different strategies than coolingdominated climates. In most situations,
however, basic methods for designing
high-performance building façades
include:
• Orienting and developing geometry
and massing of the building to respond
to solar position and orientation.
• Providing solar shading to control
cooling loads and improve thermal
comfort for cooling-dominated
climates.
• Using natural ventilation to enhance air
quality and reduce cooling loads.
• Controlling air leakage and providing
continuous insulation.
• Using passive heating, thermal mass
and solar collection for heatingdominated climates.
• Balancing solar heat gain for mixed
climates.
• Minimizing energy used for artificial
lighting and mechanical cooling/
heating by optimizing the use of
daylighting and exterior wall insulation.
An important metric is the window-towall ratio (WWR), which is the proportion
Curtain wall construction is inherently sensitive in nature
and highly reliant on the careful application of small amounts
of weather-proofing materials. Sealants and gaskets, the primary materials used to protect against weather, can fail to perform
unless meticulous fabrication/installation work is achieved.
Due to the sensitive nature of this type of system, curtain
walls are an excellent fit for shop fabrication and unitization,
which can greatly reduce the number of workmanship and
climate-sensitive tasks that take place in less-than-ideal conditions commonplace on most construction sites.
Project teams tend to plan engineered fenestration/glazing
systems at the early stages of a project. If the design and construction teams select a unitized exterior wall, it diminishes their
ability to make changes later. In fact, design changes or field
modifications to systems that are being, or have already been,
fabricated can be extremely expensive and time-consuming. The
potential schedule and cost savings associated with prefabricated construction commonly come at the cost of significant
planning and coordination in the early stages of the design.
However, early planning is critical, given the long lead times
normally associated with unitized systems.
Prefabricated wall/cladding panels utilize traditional materials, such as light-gauge framing, sheathing, weather-resistive
barriers, insulation and exterior cladding, as part of their builtup assembly (see “Figure 1,” below, left). When this assembly
is built in a factory environment, repetitive tasks (applying
membranes and sealing penetrations, etc.) can be handled with
In This Issue
Both unitized and prefabricated wall systems frequently encounChallenges and Benefits of Prefabrication
ter difficulties when such exterior wall elements as structural
penetrations, canopy supports or projecting slab edges create
discontinuities in the wall systems. In addition, edge conditions,
transitions between adjacent systems (i.e., wall-to-parapet-toroof), abrupt changes in the exterior enclosure configuration and
late-in-the-game design changes can present significant challenges to project teams.
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Prefab Building Enclosures
Energy Testing and Façades
High-Performance Walls
Commissioning Certification
Zero-Energy Buildings
Smarter Facility Management
Figure 4: Starter sill detail with chicken head,
with pan flashing below.
a high level of care and workmanship
under controlled conditions. However,
though a prefabricated panel may perform well and be less subject to workmanship defects than field-fabricated
systems, the joints between panels typically rely on sealants and gaskets as the
primary method of transition from panel
to panel—materials that, in this case,
must be installed in the field. In some
cases, the transitions between panels or
adjacent construction elements are best
made at the weather barrier plane of the
assembly. The challenge is, for systems
with pre-installed cladding, that location
may be largely inaccessible once panels
are in place.
The same is often true for smaller,
but still critical, details, such as joints in
starter sill tracks. These must be planned
out carefully to prevent them from being
concealed by panel installation before
they can be appropriately sealed. Given
the critical placement of these joints, a
prefabricated panel’s success may ultimately reside with its field work versus
its factory work. A partial exception to
this limitation is the latest “spin” on
prefabricated wall panel construction,
where some manufacturers are creating
panels that combine typical field-of-wall
construction materials with interlocking
aluminum perimeter extrusions similar
to those used—and used successfully—
in unitized glass-and-aluminum curtain
wall construction.
vantageous for structural silicone-glazed
curtain wall applications. Proper substrate
preparation, priming, tooling and curing
are critical to the success of this sealant,
which is used to adhere large glass units
onto curtain wall frames.
Such applications have an extremely
low tolerance for defects; failure could
potentially result in falling glass. Furthermore, many of the popular, highstrength structural silicone adhesives are
two-part products that require a narrow
temperature band, careful mixing and
specialized equipment not readily
available for field work (see “Figure 2,”
opposite page, lower right). With the increasing popularity of exterior butt seals
and other low-profile appearances that
avoid traditional exterior pressure plates
and caps, adhered glass-and-aluminum
panel applications are commonplace.
Some manufacturers offer hybrid systems that utilize stick-built curtain wall
framing, erected at the site, with shopbuilt structural glazing units. Glazing
units consist of the project glazing with
adhered perimeter aluminum extrusions
that can be clipped in or attached to the
site-built framing, using fasteners to
avoid the risks and difficulties of applying structural silicones in the field (see
“Figure 3,” above, left).
Structural Silicone Glazing
Figure 5: Section and partial elevation of Hector Garcia Middle School’s north façade.
Figure 1: Shop fabrication of brick-clad wall panels.
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Figure 4: Hector Garcia Middle School’s south façade, with a 30-percent WWR and a large roof overhang for curtain wall shading.
Figure 3: Glazing units with shop-installed
perimeter angles, attached to a stick-built
curtain wall framing in the field.
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With respect to quality, the benefit of
shop-fabricated work is particularly ad-
Figure 2: Shop-installed structural silicone sealant.
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ty to employ a variety of different flashing
methods, but requires that the curtain
wall framing be unglazed at some point
during the construction. Because unitized
curtain wall systems come pre-glazed,
with pressure plates that are already in
place, traditional approaches are usually
not practical.
Many unitized curtain wall systems include continuous starter sill components
at sill/base-of-wall conditions. Having a
different extrusion present at the perimeter of the curtain wall prevents the use
of one consistent flashing detail around
all four sides of a curtain wall, which
thereby complicates the work. To accommodate the challenge of continuity
at sill-to-jamb corners, a “pan flashing”
approach can be used below starter sills
(see “Figure 4,” above, middle), with an
interior upturned leg or inner sealant
joint to serve as a back dam.
Such a flashing approach also has its
challenges and limitations. It is difficult
to weep the exterior sealant joint without
allowing unconditioned exterior air to
reach inner portions of the aluminum
extrusion inboard of the primary thermal
break line, which can reduce thermal
performance and condensation on interior components. Anchor penetrations
through the flashing material are difficult
to seal reliably, and standard horseshoe
shims may interrupt the sealant. Sill
Perimeter Flashing
pans should not be used without careful
It is especially difficult to properly flash
thermal analysis to prevent “bypassing”
and seal all exterior wall construction details in unitized and prefabricated wall sys- any thermal breaks in the system, and
sealants need to be installed in the right
tems. In contrast, the open (incomplete)
places to prevent air leakage to the intenature of stick-built systems during the
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rior. As is often the case and illustrated
installation phase provides the opportuni-
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Documentation
Software
2D
Geometry
Drawing
3D Modeling
LOCAL ARCHITECT
2D
Drawing
Exchange
2D Production
Software
Analysis
Results
3D
Analysis
Model File
Analysis
Results
2D Production
Software
By Karen M. Kensek, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C
A
lthough referred to as a singular building information
model (BIM), a project BIM often is better described as
a collection of models, databases and documentation.
Its use in coordinating design and construction can save time
and money. This is true both in the short term for design,
analysis, construction/fabrication and, quite possibly, over
the entire operational life cycle of a building. However, this
assumes the data can be easily and effectively shared among
disciplines (e.g., architecture, construction, mechanical/
electrical/plumbing, etc.) and their platforms and software
programs.
The free and reciprocal transfer of project data to and from
different domains and platforms is called interoperability.
BIM, by itself, delivers a better-coordinated product than
2-dimensional (2D) computer-aided design (CAD). However,
with effective and fluid interoperability, one can set up BIM
workflows that are more efficient than traditional manual-
In This Issue
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Design Visualization
Animation / Rendering
Client Vision / Goals
Documentation
Post-Occupancy
Evaluation
Life-Cycle Analysis
Regulatory
Requirements
Contractor Use
Constructability
Direct to Fabrication
Materials
based or CAD-based processes, assuming compatible data
formats exist.
Programming
Facility Management
Furniture, Fixtures and
Equipment (FFE)
Acoustic
Community
Cost Estimating
Specifications
Materials
Consultant Integration
Facility Management
Design Visualization
Animation / Rendering
Client Vision / Goals
Documentation
INTEGRATION TEAM
IDEAL
LEED Documentation
Sun Shading
Daylighting
Energy Modeling
Water Use
Materials
?
Contractor Use
Constructability
Direct to Fabrication
Materials
Programming
Facility Management
?
?
?
Cost Estimating
Specifications
Materials
INTEGRATION TEAM
REALITY
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• Innovation. Features often appear
in programs that are outside the
mainstream. It is important to be able
to move previously generated BIM
data into them.
• Standards and New Services.
Knowledge about standards, such as
the Construction Operations Building
information exchange (COBie) and
industry foundation classes (IFC),
provides ideas for providing new
services to clients.
Methods of “Intra-” and
“Inter-” Operability
Post-Occupancy
Evaluation
Life-Cycle Analysis
Regulatory
Requirements
?
Site
Furniture, Fixtures and
Equipment (FFE)
Acoustic
Community
Consultant Integration
Facility Management
DIVERSE TOOLSETS, NEEDS
WORK SCOPE
DECISION MAKING
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Figure 1: The ideal integrated BIM diagram versus the challenges associated using the BIM for different applications.
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Figure 2: A realistic look at the flow of information in a design project.
At its best, BIM is an integrated database that serves all phases
of the design-to-demolition life cycle of a building. To get the
fullest use of BIM, many software programs are utilized at
different phases of a project. Architects and engineers should
prioritize interoperability, file exchange formats and the
continuing evolution of BIM standards when developing a
project approach, due to a number of critical reasons:
• Design Evolution. Frustration results when trying to use
3-dimensional (3D) models for anything beyond the built-in
features of one BIM software program.
• File Sharing. Consultants and contractors request that files
be supplied to them in their preferred formats so that they
can do their jobs.
Site
LEED Documentation
Sun Shading
Daylighting
Energy Modeling
Water Use
Materials
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Tool Interoperability
BIM/Digital Integration for Next-Generation Museums
Optimal Construction Crew Sizing Using BIM
Advancing BIM through Interoperability
The Building Blocks of Integrated Facility Management
Outcome-Based Energy Codes and Policies
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A Research Portal for Every Professional ?
Integrated Model
Integrated Model ?
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(BIM)
(BIM)
Virtual Facility Helps
Direct Real-World Performance
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3D Studies
Exchange
3D File
BIM: “I” is for Interoperability
Figure 5: Flat-edged prefabricated wall panels,
which are difficult to flash and integrate with
surrounding construction.
Complex
Geometry
Drawing
Structural
Centerline
Link between BIM and engineering software through IFC standards.
By Derek B. McCowan, PE; Corey C. Wowk, LEED AP; and Sean M. O’Brien, PE, LEED AP
INTERNATIONAL DESIGNER
3D Modeling
Parametric
Software
IMAGE: Courtesy of NBBJ, thanks to Nathan Miller
Understanding Prefabricated
Building Enclosure Systems
BOTH PHOTOS: Courtesy of Steinkamp Photography
High-Performing Façades: Integrating
Building Performance Analysis with Design
Building Information Modeling
Building Enclosure Design
Figure 3: Hector Garcia Middle School’s north façade, with a 70-percent WWR. Classrooms are located along this orientation to increase daylight
within interior space.
IMAGE: Courtesy of NBBJ, thanks to Nathan Miller
Building Enclosure Design
IMAGE: Courtesy of Nemetschek Skia, thanks to Dan Monaghan
PROJECT ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: Perkins+Will
People, Processes, Projects and Products
for the Built Environment
If there is more than one file/model
using multiple platforms, then “intra-”
and “inter-” operability will likely
become an issue. Intraoperability, by
definition, refers to the ability to transfer
project data among software modules or
programs within a software company’s
internal suite of software packages. (If a
software company offers an integrated
suite of software, it stands to reason
that the primary focus would be with
intraoperability so correct data easily
can be passed among the software
company’s modules.) Intraoperability
usually is not a project issue if the
software functions well. However,
serious difficulties occur if a software
the same office, among designers across
multiple locations, between phases of
a project, across time and, especially,
among software programs (see “Figure 3,”
page 24).
Generally, other than pressure exerted
from the user community, no serious
incentives exist for a software company
to allow its models to be exported to
other external software. A balance
needs to be achieved so that vital
project information can be shared freely
among different software programs
without compromising a company’s
intellectual property rights. Accessible
sharing provides an open framework
to drive innovation in the development
of BIM tools and techniques. This
innovation is a necessity to advance the
building industry to the next stage in the
development of BIM applications.
The way digital data (e.g., surfaces vs.
solids) is stored internally in software
Continued on page 24
This article comprises an adapted excerpt from Kensek’s Technical Design
Series: Building Information Modeling (Routledge 2014 www.routledge.
com/books/details/9780415717748/), Chapter 3: “Data Exchange and
Interoperability,” pp. 83-89, 111 and 114-115). Technical Design Series: Building
Information Modeling is an overview of BIM in the profession at an introductory,
but comprehensive level. This book addresses many key roles that BIM is playing
in shaping professional offices and project delivery processes.
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company fails to create all the tools
needed, or does not identify the best
solution to meet the public demand (see
“Figure 1,” opposite page).
Working among different software programs requires effective
interoperability. However, this solution
can be complicated, annoying,
frustrating and, in some cases, expensive
if not appropriately addressed at the
start of a project (see “Figure 2,” above).
Oftentimes, the information contained
within a project BIM is very diverse, and
expectations of how it is encoded and
used are different within each subdiscipline and stakeholder. Furthermore,
a lack of interoperability can lead to
lost project opportunities, wasted time
(especially redoing work), errors when
the data is re-entered multiple times or
omissions when a copy does not transfer
all the data. Interoperability needs to
exist at many levels: among designers in
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