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Building enclosure commissioning – important for delivering high-performance facilities and for helping to educate design and construction professionals

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Building enclosure commissioning – important for delivering high-performance facilities and for helping to educate design and construction professionals
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Building enclosures – also known as building envelopes – provide buildings’ line of defense against the elements. Today, many building owners and developers are looking at the current focus on Building Enclosure Commissioning as a means not only to deliver more energy-efficient, higher-performing buildings, but also as an impetus for changes in how we educate the next generation of architects and other design and construction professionals. Professor Schofer talks about this important topic with Dan Lemieux, Principal of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, the firm of engineers, architects and material scientists, who also is Chairman of the ASTM Subcommittee on the Performance of Building Enclosures