Facade thought leaders

Strategic initiatives

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

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

COMFEN Facade Performance Simulation Tool Example

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

Extract from Draft of COMFEN User Instructions

Professional & academic education

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

 Maurya McClintock speaking at an AIA National Conference 

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