Sentences with phrase «performance wall assembly»

NOTE: This is the last of four posts delving into the anatomy of high performance wall assembly.

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Play spaces will typically involve combinations of: • Large areas of hard surfaces (for a range of ball games, rebound walls, etc.); • Smaller hard surfaced areas for hop - scotch, elastics and other small group games; • Large grassed area for running, ball games, athletics and other activities; • Play equipment for different aged students, catering for potentially large groups of students at any one time and providing a range of types of activities; • Small spaces with seating for individuals and small groups; • Smaller grassed areas for a variety of activities requiring intimate spaces; • Sand play areas, dirt, water and planting for creative activities; • Areas suitable for marbles, small cars and toys, digging, and play with loose materials and surfaces; • Areas for dramatic / role play which might include decks, cubbies and planting; • Shade and shelter, drinking water and other utilities; • Shrubs and trees for hiding, shelter, imaginative games; • Tables and seats for a range of group activities; • Gathering spaces for assemblies, performances and community activities; and, • Quiet spaces as well as busy spaces.

While the Assembly Instructions take the form of wall installations, they are exemplary of Singh's practice, which includes performances that often take the form of wildly expansive lectures blending fact and fiction or his sculptural installation The School of Objects Criticized, 2010 comprised of mundane objects on pedestals performing a theatrical play.

Intello, available from 475 High Performance Building Supply in Brooklyn, is a «smart» vapor retarder that prevents moisture transfer into the wall assembly while allowing it to dry out if it becomes accidentally saturated.

And while they may sound wonkish and technical, thermal bridges demand respect: they are anathema to high performance building, providing an escape route for heat (or cool) to circumvent super-insulated assemblies and for moisture to penetrate walls and wreak moldy havoc.

The wall assembly at Madrona Passive House shows how Hammer & Hand's approach to high performance envelope construction is evolving.

Carefully designed wall assemblies, thick layers of insulation, and high performance windows and doors will enable the home to meet the performance requirements of Passive House.

Thermal bridging through the framing resulted in a roughly 15 % decrease in thermal performance in all of the tested wall assemblies.

Long - term solutions to the energy cost burden and comfort problems of existing masonry construction buildings will require measures to improve the performance of the masonry wall assemblies.

Phase IV of this study focuses on the performance of various exterior insulated residential wall assemblies in a high stress moisture environment.

This paper investigates the hygrothermal performance of wall assemblies with brick veneer cladding as well as manufactured adhered stone veneer with two different types of water resistive barriers.