, Session Block A5
14:00 Sustainable Design and High-Performance Façade Engineering
Bridging the gap: Design-stage vs. As-built façade embodied carbon
- UK and US curtain wall case studies
- Façade embodied carbon across the project life cycle
- Framework to calibrate early-stage embodied carbon accuracy
Modular construction in the healthcare sector
- Cooperation between architects and the private sector
- Efficiency in planning and execution
- Market potential and advantages – Costs, timelines, quality
Extreme-load and emerging threat resistance of modern façade systems
- Façade resilience-blast, drones, and extreme hazards
- Design strategies for protective façade systems
- Approaches and challenges of hardened façades
Façade design for solar control, day-lighting, and views
- Shaping west façade geometry for intense desert sun
- Balancing mountain views, daylight, and glare
- Aligning façade module with mass timber grid
Brief Presentations
Commercializing sustainable façade systems: A finance-driven Go-to-Market strategy
On-site performance characterization of dynamic double-skin façades
Harmonizing load and energy assessments for buildings
15:30 Coffee Break