Integrated Facades in the Northwest – 3 Events Not to Miss
The building envelope is an essential component and area of opportunity in the design, engineering and operation of ultra-low energy buildings. Rather than serving as a static enclosure, it has the potential to redirect and filter daylight, provide natural ventilation, manage radiant heat transfers, and create visual and physical connections between inside and out. Three events in April and May are scheduled to provide professionals and students in the Northwest an opportunity to engage this topic.
For an in-depth look at European examples of high performance integrated facades, check out the Integrated Facades section of the BetterBricks website.
Symposium Webcast – Building Facades: Integrating Comfort and Energy Performance
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April 21, 9:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Innovative and highly energy efficient approaches to facade design are common in European buildings where air conditioning is used selectively. This event in this series is a full day webcast of a symposium in San Francisco featuring leading practitioners from Europe (Transsolar, Sauerbruch Hutton Architects, and Arup ) and a panel of North American design experts who will discuss case studies, performance, and applications of integrated facade design in North America. The symposium is being jointly sponsored by the PG&E Pacific Energy Center (PEC), the Center for the Built Environment (CBE) at UC Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
Transformational Lecture Series: Thomas Auer, Transsolar
April 22 – Seattle :: April 26 – Portland :: April 27 – Boise
Sponsored by NEEA’s BetterBricks initiative and Cascadia GBC, Thomas Auer, managing director at Transsolar (Stuttgart, Germany) will speak about how his firm develops climate and energy concepts through the recognition that environmental conditions are influenced by all aspects and states of building design. Thomas will share ideas on how to incorporate natural processes into building design as a way to replace often inefficient and unsustainable mechanical systems, and how to utilize an Integrated Design Process for projects by bringing together architects, mechanical engineers and consultants to better create “High Comfort – Low Impact” buildings.
Seattle Lecture
April 22, 5;30 – 7:00 pm
Seattle Central Library
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Portland Lecture
April 26, 5:30 – 7:00 pm
White Stag Building
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Boise Lecture
April 27, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Double Tree Riverside
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Building Facades: A Portland Panel Discussion
May 3, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
White Stag Building, Portland, OR
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The final event provides an opportunity for professionals and students in the Northwest to have a dialogue about the potential, challenges, and realities of applying integrated facade concepts to projects in our region. Highlights from the symposium will be presented and discussed by a panel of regional experts on the subject. Mark Perepelitza of ZGF who has worked closely with PEC, LBNL, and CBE to organize the April 21 symposium will moderate the session. This session is jointly sponsored by NEEA’s BetterBricks initiative and the Portland Building Enclosure Council (BEC). Panelists to date include:
John Breshears, ZGF
Rob Kistler, The Facade Group
Mike Steffen, Walsh Construciton
Alison Kwok, University of Oregon
Mitch Dec, Glumac
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