Building Enclosure Council Technical Schedule
The Building Enclosure Council - All meetings meet from 6:00-8:00pm on the dates listed (except as noted) at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place. Admission: $20. Free for AIA or BEC-NY members. CES LUs (AIA): 1.5

May 6, 2008 - Blast Resistant Building Enclosures Carl Galioto, SOM
Weidlinger Associates, 375 Hudson Street, NY, NY

Significant improvements in the ability to analyze glass have allowed designers to create a blast-resistant, structurally balanced window system to replace GSA standards of thick windows with rigid frames. New systems have proved flexible enough to be developed into a blast-resistant curtain wall system. Historically, glass is the greatest hazard to people in or near buildings under attack. This presentation will review the design of new buildings and retrofit of existing buildings. Methods of protecting high-profile buildings as well as secondary buildings (which can sustain hazardous glazing damage) will be examined.

May 29 and May 30, 2008 - Building Science Fundamentals 2008
Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng., Building Sciences Corporation and John Straube, P.Eng., Building Sciences Corporation
Bulding Science allows us to make extravagant claims: we can design cheaper, more durable buildings that are also comfortable, affordable and energy efficient. At Building Science Fundamentals 2008, an advanced two-day seminar, you will learn how to design buildings that perform exactly as they should: efficiently without rot, mold, cracks, peels splits — ever. You will learn how to correct these problems in existing buildings and how to avoid them in new buildings of all types. You will learn fundamental building science principles (such as the control of heat, air and moisture and IAQ) as well as applications in disaster management, building investigations and sustainability.