The performance of building systems, such as the exterior envelope, structure, building services, and others, can be improved through the application of materials that better address evolving contemporary need at reasonable life-cycle costs. New glass coatings, laminations and processes, composites and pultrusions, ultrahigh performance concrete, novel metallic alloys and ultralight-weight metals and other materials will be highlighted in terms of their impact on the design and performance of contemporary buildings.
This symposium intends to focus on the latest advances in building systems promoted by the innovative application of new and existing materials. Contributions that are primarily based on the design of building assemblies without significant material development, and typical devices used as part of these constructions, will not be considered. The application of new materials not normally used in buildings and the development of novel materials for better system performance, e.g., composites, coatings, high-performance glasses, polymers as metal substitutes, and reconfigurable materials, are among the materials of interest to this symposium. Materials that are dynamic in their optical, thermal, or structural response to changing external or internal conditions are of particular interest, as are related sensing and control elements. Novel materials should not only meet stringent performance and durability requirements but should have positive environmental impacts as indicated by life-cycle assessment.
Session Topics
The proposed topics include, but will not be limited to:
- New fiber-reinforced composites for use as structural building and infrastructure elements
- New metals for cladding systems
- New uses of aluminum as the superstructure of premanufactured and site-built buildings
- New concrete formulations including self-compacting, ultrahigh-strength and toughness, and ductile concrete
- New biocomposites for buildings
- New polymers applied to exterior wall systems
- Development of glass and polymers
- Development of glass and polymers for high-performance windows
- Development of coatings and substrates for dynamic light control
- Development of polymer films and textiles for air/moisture barrier materials
- Development of foam materials (metal and ceramics) for building applications
- Improved and novel methods for materials selection by the building engineer and architect
- Improved methods of characterizing performance of dynamic materials
- Development of controllable thermal storage materials
- Development of variable conductivity and ultralow conductivity materials
- Integrated sensor and actuators for dynamic control
- Variable emittance and reflectance surfaces, or novel solar collection and rejection surfaces
- Self-cleaning and antibacterial coatings for building surfaces
- New generation of adhesives and sealants
- Novel energy conversion surface
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Invited Speakers
Invited speakers include: Michelle Addington (Harvard Univ.), Mike Ashby (Univ. of Cambridge, United Kingdom), Klaus Daniels (ETH, Switzerland), Nabil Grace (Lawrence Technological Inst.), Thomas Keller (EPF, Switzerland), Daniel Schodek Kumagai (Harvard Univ.), Wayne Maddever (CYMAT Corp.), Hamid Saadatmanesh (Univ. of Arizona), Freider Seible (Univ. of California-San Diego), Tim Siahatgan (Modular Housing Systems), Mark West (Univ. of Manitoba, Canada ), and Bill Zahner (Architectural Metal Consultants). |
Joint Sessions
| A joint session is anticipated with Symposium D: Organic and Nanostructured Composite Photovoltaics and Solid-State Lighting . |
Symposium Organizers
John E. Fernandez
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dept. of Architecture
Building Technology Program
Room 5-418
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel:
617-253-5266 or 617-308-1147
Fax:617-253-6152
fernande@mit.edu |
Stephen Selkowitz
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Environmental Energy Technologies Division
Building Technologies Dept., Bldg. 90-3111
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: 510-486-5064
Fax: 510-486-4089
seselkowitz@lbl.gov |
Oral Buyukozturk
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Room 1-280
Cambridge MA 02139
Tel: 617-253-7186
Fax: 617-258-6775
obuyuk@mit.edu
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Tom Schwartz
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
Consulting Engineers
Building Technology Group
Bldg. 1, Ste. 500
41 Seyon St.
Waltham, MA 02453
Tel: 781-907-9000
Fax: 781-907-9009
taschwartz@sgh.com
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