Journal of Architectural Engineering: Recent submissions
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Building with Compressed Earth Block within the Building Code
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Despite the use of earthen materials in building construction for thousands of years, many engineering properties of earthen walls are not well understood, documented, or regulated. California and New Mexico have adopted ... -
Energy Consumption Analysis of Multistory Cross-Laminated Timber Residential Buildings: A Comparative Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Cross laminated timber (CLT) is a new panelized mass timber product that is suitable for building tall wood buildings (higher than eight stories) because of its structural robustness and superior fire resistance as compared ... -
When Integration Goes Wrong: Learning from the Mistakes of Practitioners
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper presents the results of research that was conducted by interviewing architects and structural engineering practitioners to find more specificity on the topic of integration among the two fields. The responses ... -
Cost-Saving Compensated-Foundation Design of an Office Building
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Geotechnical engineers have reported that, in the foundation design of buildings with a deep basement, the weight of the soil removed for basement construction could be discounted from the foundation load. Substantial ... -
Design and Application of Concrete Tiles Enhanced with Microencapsulated Phase-Change Material
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Phase-change materials (PCMs) have a high heat of fusion compared to that of traditional material, and for this reason, they are able to store and release larger amounts of energy at their transition temperature. The ... -
Augmented Reality Gaming in Sustainable Design Education
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)It is important for students in academic disciplines related to building design and construction to gain an understanding of the different sustainable design considerations that will affect a building’s performance. ... -
Predicting the Maximum Total Sliding Displacement of Contents in Earthquakes
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Sliding of contents during past earthquakes has caused injury, disruptions, and damage. As such, equations to predict the maximum sliding displacement of the contents are required to include its effect in building performance ... -
Comparison between Current Industry Methods and an Energy Simulation Model for Quantifying Energy Service Projects
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Different techniques and guidelines are available to select and quantify the savings from energy service projects. In this article, a comparison is presented between the engineering algorithms supported by energy service ... -
Analysis of Integrated Radiant Slab Heating and Cooling Systems for Residential Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)This paper presents a simulation environment developed to assess the energy use specific to integrated radiant heating and cooling systems. The developed simulation environment combines a transient finite difference solution ... -
Assessing the Lifecycle Sustainability Costs and Benefits of Seismic Mitigation Designs for Buildings
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)A complete sustainable-performance analysis that takes into consideration the whole of the triple bottom line of sustainability is necessary when one needs to balance social, economic, and environmental impacts in an optimal ... -
Hybrid Dynamic-Empirical Building Energy Modeling Approach for an Existing Campus Building
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)A hybrid modeling framework was constructed to investigate the uncertainty in modeling the energy consumption of an existing campus building with minimal instrumentation. The hybrid framework consisted of a dynamic model ... -
Role of Ground Motion Characteristics on Inelastic Seismic Response of Irregular Structures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)There is no general consensus among researchers for selecting appropriate set of ground motions for the evaluation of inelastic seismic response of plan-asymmetric structures. In this backdrop, the role of important ground ... -
Noninvasive Residential Building Envelope R-Value Measurement Method Based on Interfacial Thermal Resistance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The building envelope plays an important role for the contributions to the whole building thermal load, especially for residential houses without significant internal heat gain; hence, it is a critical component for ... -
Integrated Renovation Process: Overcoming Barriers to Sustainable Renovation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)The improvement of the building stocks represents an enormous potential for the reduction of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, it is crucial to convince and support building owners to invest in sustainable ... -
Method for Estimating and Predicting CO2e Emissions: Case Study of an Urban Wastewater System in Suzhou, China
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)As a fundamental infrastructure to sustain human activities and development, urban wastewater systems are becoming more and more important in the context of population growth and business expansion. It is important to ... -
Nonstructural Partitions and Floor Vibration Serviceability
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)Nonstructural vertical partitions and cladding can have a significant effect on the vibration serviceability of floor systems. A typical modern office building, consisting of steel–concrete composite floor systems, was ... -
Automated Green Building Rating System for Building Designs
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)As the sustainability of building projects has become of great concern for construction professionals, a number of different green building rating systems have been developed to help ensure that building projects are ... -
Life-Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Subjected to Natural Hazards
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016)With the occurrence of devastating natural disasters worldwide, even though initially used interchangeably with green or environmental development, sustainability has evolved to possess social and economic implications as ... -
Resilient Built Environment: New Framework for Assessing the Residential Construction Market
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)The residential construction market remains vulnerable to the environment. The architecture, engineering, and construction industry now recognizes natural hazards as an increasing threat to the vitality of the built ... -
Using the Optional Steps of Eco-Indicator 99 to Evaluate the Operational Energy Consumption in Lifecycle Assessment Value Choices
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015)