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.
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
I'm glad this thread is elevating building science and enclosure performance. I'm an architect and have been an AIA member for about 30 years, and I'm also an active member of IIBEC (International Institute read more
Stephen, Glad to hear you took advantage of the 3-hr. engineering class. How much time was devoted to acoustics? All three, or just a portion? What school? You: "I will say it is one thing that most read more
In college. I was one of those weird architects not afraid to take engineering classes, so I took a 3-hr engineering course on acoustics during undergrad. Then followed up with continuing ed throughout read more
Thanks for the feedback Jim Gallager. I'm sure you learned a lot more working on the concert hall than you did in the three hour course. If you don't mind sharing, what concert hall, and who taught the read more
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