Building Big: Resource Site On Skyscrapers
Building Big, a popular PBS TV program, has a site on skyscrapers that provides information on highrise basics, design, big building examples, and a directory of links to more resources.
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Skyscraper Center: Resource Site On Skyscrapers
Skyscraper Center is an online resource about skyscrapers from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. It profiles every building in the world higher than 656 feet, or 200 meters.
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BC BEC: Energy Efficiency Tune-Ups For High Rise BC Residential Buildings
BC Building Envelope Council conference presentation by Graham Finch of RDH Building Engineering provides a summary of a mid- to highrise multi-unit residential building energy study, measured energy savings from full building enclosure rehabilitations, and strategies to retrofit and improve the energy efficiency of existing MURBs. (PDF)
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BC Housing: Energy Consumption & Conservation In Mid & High-Rise Residential Buildings In BC
BC Housing research report Energy Consumption and Conservation in Mid- and High-Rise Residential Buildings in British Columbia reviews and assesses effects of building enclosure improvements on the space conditioning energy use in typical buildings in the Lower Mainland and Victoria, and to develop better strategies that take into account enclosure repairs, energy conservation and greenhouse gas emissions. (PDF)
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BC Housing: Guide to Low Energy Demand for Large Buildings
BC Housing online Guide to Low Energy Demand for Large Buildings describes how high-rise residential buildings can meet the next generation of Net Zero ready standards. A new metric called Low Thermal Energy Demand Intensity (TEDI) is used to discuss viable approaches to designing and constructing Net Zero ready high-rise residential buildings. (PDF)
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BC Housing: Study Of High-Rise Envelope Performance In Coastal BC
BC Housing & CMHC funded the Study of High-Rise Envelope Performance in the Coastal Climate of British Columbia. Its purpose was to identify causal relationships that have resulted in building envelope problems and successes, in non-combustible high-rise residential buildings, and was done by correlating building envelope performance with sources of moisture, and features of design and construction of assemblies and details. This study has facilitated the identification of key factors for successful design and construction of the building envelope assemblies and details. (PDF)
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BRIK: Airflow In Mid To High-Rise Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
BROK online slide show presentation Airflow in Mid to High-rise Multi-Unit Residential Buildings provides a summary of a study examining airflow for this building type, and in particular examines performance of the corridor pressurization based ventilation system. (PDF)
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CABA: Toward Zero Net Energy Super High-Rise Commercial Buildings
Continental Automated Building Association online report Toward Zero Net Energy Super High-Rise Commercial Buildings examines the driving force for zero net energy buildings, various definitions and technologies, and a concept for a feasible net-zero solution applied to a building cluster consisting of an office building and homes. (PDF)
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CMHC: Air Leakage Control By Compartmentalizing Suites In Highrise
CMHC research report covers air sealing interior and exterior partitions of two test suites in a new high-rise residential building. The project developed air sealing details, tested the air leakage characteristics of the sealed apartments and identified deficiencies. (PDF)
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CMHC: Air Leakage Control for High-Rise Multi-Unit Residential Buildings
CMHC online manual Air Leakage Control for Multi-Unit Residential Buildings provides guidance to air leakage control contractors on how to reduce air leakage in existing high-rise, multi-unit residential buildings. It covers where, how and why MURBs leak, practical guidance for property managers to identify when a building is experiencing air leakage-related problems, and some guidance in selecting and using the services of an air leakage control contractor. (PDF)
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CMHC: Assessing Energy Performance of Exterior Retrofitted MURB Rentals
CMHC report Assessing the Energy Performance of Exterior Retrofitted Multi-Unit Residential Rental Buildings CMHC summarizes assessed pre- and post-retrofit energy performance of several buildings built in the 1960s - 1980s. Thermal upgrades to the building envelope, such as overcladding the brick exterior and window upgrades, show promising results. (PDF)
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CMHC: Study Of High-Rise Envelope Performance In Coastal BC
CMHC study confirmed that the nature of the problems experienced in high-rise buildings are similar in many ways to those identified for buildings in the Low-Rise Survey. The predominant moisture source (exterior), path (details) and sensitive assemblies (face seal) were common to both types of buildings. 2002 (PDF)
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Energy Star: New Multifamily High Rise Buildings Can Now Qualify
New multifamily high-rise buildings are now eligible to qualify as Energy Star projects. To qualify, new or substantially rehabilitated multifamily high-rise buildings must meet energy-efficiency guidelines set by the EPA and be designed to be at least 15% more energy efficient than buildings that meet the ASHRAE energy use standard. Qualified buildings feature a combination of energy-efficient improvements including: effective insulation systems, properly sized heating and cooling equipment, tight construction and ducts, Energy Star-qualified lighting and appliances, and high-performance windows.
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RDH: Airtightness Of Large Buildings
RDH Building Science online slide show presentation Airtightness of Large Buildings: Where We're At and Where We're Going looks at the state of the industry with respect to airtightness performance and testing standards based on a database of over 500 airtightness tests.
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RDH: Airtightness Testing & Results For Part 3 Buildings
RDH Building Engineering report Airtightness Testing & Results For Part 3 Buildings shows a large number of factors impact in-service air leakage rates, and that a single value for infiltration likely will not address the complexity of estimating infiltration and exfiltration in large buildings. (PDF)
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RDH: Pressure Differences & Airtightness In Tall Buildings
RDH Building Engineering study Pressure Differences and Airtightness in Tall Buildings, Theory & Reality aims to improve the general understanding of factors affecting airflows in buildings and how these factors combine to influence the performance of building mechanical ventilation systems. The results of the study allow for general recommendations with regards to the design of ventilation systems, building enclosure airtightness, and compartmentalization strategies. (PDF)
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CMHC: Tune-Up Ventilation Systems in High-Rise Residential
CMHC online guide Tune-Up Ventilation Systems in High-Rise Residential Buildings covers tune ups for corridor ventilation systems, central exhaust systems, central heat recovery ventilators, and in-suite heat recovery ventilation systems. (PDF)
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CPM: Tuning Up High-Rise Buildings
Canadian Property Management Magazine article describes some fairly simple tune-ups that can significantly reduce the amount of wasted energy used in MURBs and, subsequently, reduce the billing costs for owners and occupants. (PDF)
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Toronto Univ: MURB Design Guide
University of Toronto online MURB Design Guide, Enhancing the Liveability and Resilience of Multi-Unit Residential Buildings, covers the design of multi-unit residential buildings in a Canadian climate, specifically mid-rise and high-rise housing typologies. (PDF)
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Toronto Univ: Tower Renewal Guidelines
University of Toronto online Tower Renewal Guidelines cover challenges, principles of renewal, anatomy of a tower retrofit, tower typology and service condition, building condition assessment, site strategies, retrofit strategies with a systems approach, costs and benefits, contract documents and administration, commissioning and facilities management, overcladding design and detailing, and tower renewal visions. (PDF)
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