ENGR 0715 - Engineering Applications for Society

Spring 2008 Projects

Envelope Analysis of Robinson Street Facility

Community Partner: Oakland Planning & Development Corporation:

Team:

Daniel Smilowitz, Monica Stalzer, Thomas Tessier, Philip Zucker

Problem Statement:

Working in conjuction with the Oakland Planning and Development Corporation, our team performed an envelope analysis of the apartment building located at 141 Robinson Street. This entailed examining the exterior structure of the building in a search for sources of heat transfer, inadequate windows, structural integrity, and any other problems that may arise. Once the problems were located, our team provided reccomendations to the OPDC for either fixing the problems or replacing the related component of the structure.

Related Links:

A Systematic Approach to Evaluating the Building Envelope

High-performance building envelopes: Optimizing Building Envelopes

Energy Efficient Technologies: Building Envelope Design

Heat Transfer Considerations

A Systematic Approach to Evaluating the Building Envelope

Eenrgy Star-Improving Home Energy Efficiency

DOE Building Technologies Program: Building Envelope

Building Envelope Forum

Building Envelope and Structure - NRC-IRC

Building Envelope Design Guide

Better Bricks: Building Envelope

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