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Introduction / Web Sites / Publications


Introduction
The following resources deal with aspects of enclosure design strategies. Many of these have already been referenced in the March 2002 Architectural Science Forum on Principles of Enclosure, reinforcing the interconnectedness of these two topics. Users of these resources and visitors to this site are encouraged to contact the author with suggestions and/or contributions for sites and publications not listed here that may be of interest to others.



Web Sites
Listed below are a selection of web sites devoted to Building Science.

The Building, Renovating and Maintaining web site at CMHC provides a wide variety of online resources for design and construction professionals.

The Institute for Research in Construction at the National Research Council of Canada is an excellent resource for information on building enclosures. Look up the Publications link for numerous free publications online, in particular a series of Canadian Building Digests ranging across a spectrum of technical topics.

Durable Masonry research at the Institute for Research in Construction looks at the performance of new and existing masonry enclosures.
Development of Performance Guidelines for Basement Envelope Systems and Materials at the Institute for Research in Construction looks at whole basement system performance with an emphasis on moisture management.  
Building Envelope publications available through the Institute for Research in Construction provide useful references to fundamental considerations in enclosure design.  
Building Science Insights is a series of 10 publications arising from a series of seminars offered by the Institute for Research in Construction between 1982 and 1992. Each deals with a specific topic and provides scientific and technical information of a practical nature for construction professionals.  
Canadian Building Digests Below you will find 240 of the 250 Canadian Building Digests published between 1960 and 1990 by NRC's Institute for Research in Construction and its predecessor, the Division of Building Research. The topics reflect the diversity of the industry and cover virtually every aspect of design and construction in Canada.  
Construction Practice by the Institute for Research in Construction represents a collection of articles from construction related magazines which address a host of practical subjects of direct interest to various specialties within the industry: engineering, architecture, property management, home building, and infrastructure.  
Oak Ridge National Laboratory Building Technology Center hosts a site dealing with building envelope performance issues.  
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy and Environmental Technologies Division provides insight into a number of the technologies related to building enclosures.  
BuildingEnvelopes.org is an online resource providing state-of-the-art information on innovation in advanced facades, heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting systems to support preliminary design of energy-efficient buildings. A worldwide consortium of professionals, universities, and research organizations support this effort and provide information for the site. Enter 'guest' as the login name and password.  
Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems is part of the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and contains numerous links to building enclosure technologies.  
Building Science Corporation in Boston Massachusetts is the home of Dr. Joe Lstiburek, international advocate of limit states design for the moisture engineering of building enclosures.  
The U.S. Department of Energy's Technology Roadmaps offer a glimpse at the future of energy efficient buildings and technologies.  
Institute for Buildings and Energy at the Denmark Technical University contains valuable information on cold climate enclosure performance. An interesting series of slides from Claus Rudbeck's presentations is also available here.  
Construction Education Information is available at this Canadian site that highlights research and development in practical aspects of building enclosures.  
Architronic is a scholarly refereed journal, exploring the new ranges of architectural communication available through digital media. It is a platform for both presenting and reviewing research as a journal, and a forum for stimulating dialogue on emerging ideas.  
Toolbase Services is the U.S. home building industry's technical information resource. It is a service of the HAHB Research Center, funded by private industry and HUD through the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) program.  
The U.S. National Parks Service offers online Illustrated Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings and of particular interest are the Preservation Briefs which outline various projects and techniques.  

Commission of Inquiry into the Quality of Condominium Construction in British Columbia presents interesting views on both how and how not to design and build in a mixed climate with high rain exposure.

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Publications
Building Science for a Cold Climate. N.B. Hutcheon and G.O. Handegord, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, pp. 440, 1995 (ISBN: 0969436602) (NRCC-41329)

Exterior Wall Construction in High-Rise Buildings, CMHC, Ottawa, 1991.

Brick Veneer Steel Stud. Best Practice Guide: Building Technology, CMHC, Ottawa, 1997.

Brick Veneer Concrete Masonry Unit Backing. Best Practice Guide: Building Technology, A. Malhotra and H. Otto, CMHC, Ottawa, 1997.

Flashings. Best Practice Guide: Building Technology, A. Malhotra, CMHC, Ottawa, 1998.

The Professional Practice of Architectural Detailing, Third Edition. Osamu A. Wakita and Richard M. Linde, John Wiley and Sons, 1999.

The Technology of Building Defects. John Hinks and Geoff Cook, Routledge, 1997.

in Detail Building Skins: Concepts,Layers, Materials, by Christian Schittich (Ed.), Birkhauser, 2001.

Double-Skin Facades, by E. Oesterle, R. Lieb, M. Lutz and W. Heusler, Prestel, 2001.

Glass Buildings: Material, Structure and Detail, by Heinz W. Krewinkel, Heniz W. Krewinkel, Birkhauser 1998.

Glass in Architecture, by Michael Wigginton, Phaidon Press, 1996.

Glass: Structure and Technology in Architecture, Stephan Behling, Sophia Behling (Editors), Prestel, 2000.

Glass Construction Manual, by Christian Schittich, Gerald Staib, Dieter Balkow, Matthias Schuler, Birkhauser, 1999.

Intelligent Glass Facades: Material, Practice, Design, by Andrea Compagno, Birkhauser, 1999.

Thin Films on Glass (Schott Series on Glass and Glass Ceramics), by Hans Bach (Editor), Dieter Krause (Editor), Springer Verlag, 1997.

Handbook of Glass in Construction, by Joseph S. Amstock, McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Appraisal and Repair of Claddings and Fixings, (Appraisal and Repair of Building Structures Series). M. Wilson, P. Harrison, American Society of Civil Engineers, February 1993.

Canadian Wood-Frame House Construction. T. Kesik and M. Lio, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa, 1997.

Masonry Design and Detailing, Fourth Edition. Christine Beall, McGraw-Hill, 1997.

Concrete Construction Handbook, Fourth Edition. Joseph A. Dobrowolski, McGraw-Hill, 1998.

The Building Envelope: Applications of New Technology Cladding. Alan J. Brookes and Chris Grech, Butterworth Architecture, July 1990.

Cladding of Buildings, Third Edition. Alan Brookes, Routledge, 1998.

Modern Stone Cladding : Design and Installation of Exterior Dimension Stone Systems (ASTM Manual, No 210). Michael D. Lewis, American Society for Testing & Materials, 1995.

Manual of Low-Slope Roof Systems, Third Edition. C. W. Griffin and Richard Fricklas, McGraw-Hill, 1996.
Timber Decay in Buildings. Brian Ridout, E&FN Spon, 2000.

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