Building Design & Construction - April 1, 2009

Windows are among the most desirable features of most building types, welcoming in natural light, linking to the outdoors, and serving as an attractive aesthetic. Along with doors, however, windows raise concerns with regard to the energy effi ciency of the building enclosure. This free AIA/CES course from Building Design+Construction covers the latest in envelope and fenestration systems, as well as daylighting and passive solar design.

• Departments
• RSMeans cost comparisons: Collegiate buildings
• Rising office vacancy rates will level off in mid-2010
• AEC experts blast NAIOP efficiency study; NAIOP responds
• Editorial
• Energy labels may be key to saving energy
• Information Technology
• Bluebeam and Adapx cut AEC paper workflows
• Letters
• Letter to The Editor: Disappointed BD+C readers  
• New Project Portfolio
• Medical campus adds women's center
• Rural library has renewable energy
• Historic law library gets makeover
• Pelli-designed business school opens at University of Illinois
• Cupcake bakery's sweet design
• UC Berkeley opens CITRIS research building
• Daytona's Ocean Center gets the green flag
• West Point opens first new academic building in 35 years
• On The Drawing Board
• Austin's tallest hits halfway mark
• Brookhaven College breaks ground on continuing education building
• Replacement hospital designed to enhance staff efficiency
• Rush's butterfly-shaped replacement hospital set to open in 2012
• Charleston landmark will get new life as R&D lab
• Trenton to get LEED Platinum Class A office tower
• Vibrant elementary school to go up in the Bronx
• Rutgers University visitor center will be off the grid
• Mega waterfront development planned in Jordan
• Products at Work
• Insulating metal-faced sandwich panels
• Wireless wall box controller
• Toxin-free, fire-rated glass
• Tackable wall panel
• Durable stainless-steel roof
• Hardwood flooring from eucalyptus trees
• Pre-finished gypsum board
• Thought Leaders
• Q&A with DEGW's Bernice M. Boucher: 'Technology is changing the face of the workplace'

• Features
• Hardcore Training Pays Off Big Time
• Two Decades of Employee Ownership
• Elevator Safety: 10 Tips for Building Teams
• Creating a Culture of Performance
• Acrylic Block Walls 'Purrrfect' for Cat Clinic
• Best AEC Firms to Work For
• BIM + IPD: Three Success Stories
• School Re-roofs with Low-odor Asphalt

• acppubs
• ACP
• Conwed Degradable Netting
• FINN Material Transfer System
• Artisan Precast Green Concrete Fence Alternative