Facade thought leaders

Strategic initiatives

We are committed to developing both the facade industry & the next generation of facade design professionals. 

COMFEN Facade Performance Simulation Tool Example

To this end we regularly participate in initiatives related to building enclosure performance, energy usage, resilience, modeling, embodied carbon & decarbonization.  These include:

• Multiple appointments to each of the following National AIA Board Committees for strategic initiatives:

• Knowledge Committee
• Energy Leadership Committees
• National Energy in Design Task Force
• Sustainability Committee

• Healthcare Futures Initiative for the Veterans Administration
• Lawrence Berkeley National Labs’ development of the ‘COMFEN’ facade performance simulation tool and user guides
• Center for the Built Environment at UC Berkeley
• University of Washington Integrated Design Lab

Publications

As part of our ongoing commitment to be facade design thought leaders by developing the industry & the next generation of professionals, we contribute to the facade, analysis & sustainability chapters in design guides & technical publications such as:  

• ‘50% Advanced Energy Design Guide – Small to Medium Office Buildings’ published by ASHRAE

• ‘An Architect’s Guide to Integrating Energy Modeling in the Design Process’ published by AIA

• ‘Architect’s Guide to Building Performance’ published by AIA

• ‘Deep Energy Retrofits: An Emerging Opportunity’ published by AIA

• ‘Performance-Based Building Design Concepts: A Companion Document to the ICC Performance Code for Buildings & Facilities’ published by International Code Council

• ‘The AIA Guide to the International Green Construction Code’ published by AIA

• ‘The Carbon Sweet Spot – Design Tradeoffs for Embodied & Operational Carbon in New Buildings’ published by University of Washington Integrated Design Lab

• ‘The Decarbonization Practice Guide’ published by William J Worthen Foundation

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Professional & academic education

 Maurya McClintock speaking at an AIA National Conference 

Our founder and CEO Maurya has presented extensively to professional audiences on the subjects of facade design, climate sensitive enclosure design & building enclosure testing/commissioning.  Venues include: 

• AIA National & Regional Conventions, USA
• US GBC Membership Summit Conferences, USA
• Environdesign Conferences, USA
• Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, USA
• ICBEST Conferences, UK, Australia, Canada
• Facades + Conference, Seattle WA
• Bond Architect & Designers Networking Conference, San Diego CA

As a guest critic and through seminars & studios, Maurya also regularly teaches undergrad and graduate architecture students at institutions such as: 

• California College of the Arts – San Francisco 
• Clemson University – Clemson, SC
• Kennesaw State University – Atlanta GA
• University of California, Berkeley – Berkeley CA
• University of Michigan – Ann Arbor MI
• University of Washington – Seattle WA
• University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, WI

 Maurya McClintock teaching graduate students at Clemson University