The mission of the Building Performance Knowledge Community (BPKC) is to increase the understanding of building science and performance and its role in the design process, as it relates to the ability of architects to positively impact equitable access to occupant health and comfort, as well as the function, durability, sustainability, and resilience of buildings.
Hi Sarah, It's nice to see people in the AEC trades paying attention to acoustics. What concerns me is the attendee's lack of almost any acoustical foundation, knowledge, or even a basic acoustical vocabulary read more
Answering the questions by Sarah Gudeman (and Michael Fay), Your neighbor to the south, Kansas State University has classes in acoustics. Way back when, I took a 3-hr elective class in the architectural read more
I've learned acoustics from industry groups (ASHRAE) focused on HVAC systems design, sales reps (vibration and silencers), work as a WELL Performance Testing agent (from IWBI) as well as references from read more
I love this question, and is similar to the one I had around 5 years ago. This was after 15 years of mechanical engineering + energy modeling and load calculation design work I found my way to a lot read more
Thank you for posting this because this is my exact question: are we as general practitioners going to take building science and building enclosure design as part of our day to day work and expertise or read more
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