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Last Chance to Register!
Titled, Innovations in Building Envelopes and Environmental Systems, the 2003 Building Envelopes Conference runs 8 and 9 October 2003 in Lausanne, Switzerland. This joint conference addresses Renewable Energy, Advanced Technologies, and Sustainable construction. Click here for details.
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Project:
Tjibaou Cultural Center
Architect:
Renzo Piano Building Workshop S.r.l.
Country:
Nuovo Caledonia / Noumea
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It is Possible to Combine Good Design with Sustainability
With more and more client demand for sustainable buildings we have put together a tour that demonstrates that both good design and sustainability can be achieved and produce superior results.
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for our tour of award winning buildings
Design Competition
Looking for Solutions for Sustainable Urban Communities? The INREB Faraday Partnership in collaboration with BuildingEnvelopes.org are holding a competition. Click here for details.  MIT Design Advisor
This web-based design tools (provided by MIT for BuildingEnvelopes.org) emphasizes sustainability, building performance and impact on the building environment. Focusing on advanced facades, this simulation tool will allow the user to simulate energy consumption, including thermal solar gain, daylighting, and comfort, by changing various design parameters. This tool is geared to the "first 6 hours" of a design process and beneficial to architects and building owners. more...
The Center for Design Informatics
The Center for Design Informatics at the Harvard Design School helped launch BuildingEnvelopes.org. Click below to find out more about this important initiative.
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EPFL Solar Energy Laboratory
The experimental building of the Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (LESO-PB) was erected in 1981 on the campus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), in order to allow on site testing of experimental solar facades. In 1999, the building was refurbished: a new southern facade was designed and built following the principles of sustainable development. (more information)
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Rick Huijbregts
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This is the premiere edition of the Building Envelopes Magazine. Our objective is to bring you fresh knowledge in an exciting new format with some text stories; multimedia presentations; and photographic slide shows.
We invite you to send your stories, case studies, new product announcements; and suggestions to Editor@ai3.org. Or call me at 1.617.384.6676 in the United States or use my eMail at RHuijbregts@
gsd.harvard.edu.
Please click here to watch a 2 minute multimedia introduction to this E-magazine.
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For Building Envelopes:
You are invited to the CDI Harvard conference on
Drivers for Design and Real Estate Technology
on 6+7 November
in Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
For More Information,
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This important conference include THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF DESIGN AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY. |
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