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© Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

THE NET-ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS CONFERENCE

TUESDAY OCTOBER 7TH & WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8TH, 2008

Table of ContentsPage

2-5 Agenda

6-14 Speaker Profi les

15 Key Corporate Sponsors

In Presentation Order: Page:

Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA 6 Charles Linn, FAIA 6 Professor Daniel Nocera 7 Ron Judkoff 7 Denzil Gallagher 8 Antony Wood 8 Glenn Hughes 9 Christoph Ingenhoven 9

Lutron Mechoshade PPG Ideascapes

16 Corporate Sponsors

Bentley Trespa

On the Cover: Masdar Headquarters © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Client: The Masdar Initiative

17 Product Gallery Sponsors

AISC Center for Architecture Meyer Sound Products

In Presentation Order: Page:

Stephen Selkowitz 10 Andrew Laing 10 Dr. James Finley 11 Stephen Hebeisen 11 Mark Frisch, AIA 12 Matthias Schuler 12 Gordon Gill, AIA 13 Robert Forest, AIA 13 Mehdi Jalayerian, P.E. 14

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AgendaTuesday, October 7th, 2008

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM RegistrationAuditorium Foyer 2nd Floor

12:30 – 12:40 PM Program Welcome & Introduction

Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA, President, McGraw-Hill ConstructionCharles Linn, FAIA, Deputy Editor, Architectural Record

12:40 – 1:30 PM Keynote Address – Water plus Light equals Oil: Artifi cial Photosynthesis Breakthrough Primed to Unleash Solar Revolution

Daniel Nocera, Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

What if there was a way to emulate the way that plants use photosynthesis to create energy from sunlight? Professor Daniel Nocera will review the basic chemistry that underpins the energy sources we commonly use, and their very real limitations. Then, he’ll set our sights on the research his lab is doing on what may be our only hope for a future that is carbon-free: the rapid production of high-effi ciency fuels synthesized using energy that comes from the sun.

1:30 – 2:05 PM Zero Energy Buildings – Smoke, Mirrors, or What?

Ron Judkoff, Director, Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

This session will explore the zeroes: zero-energy buildings, and the ideas and implications of zero-site energy, zero-source energy, zero-utility bills, and carbon-neutral buildings. These concepts will be applied to several case studies that are among the best examples of ultra-energy effi cient architecture. Although none of these buildings fully met the initial intentions of the design teams, their performance far exceeds conven-tional buildings that met their applicable energy codes. The session will conclude with a brief exploration of the potential energy, economic, and carbon-emissions impacts that are possible if an aggressive program to move the U.S. rapidly toward the zero-energy vision were enacted.

2:05 – 2:40 PM The Dynamics of Form – Maximizing Energy Performance through Computation Analysis

Denzil Gallagher, Partner and MEP Regional Discipline Leader, Buro Happold North America

Reducing our use of carbon is an admirable goal, but we do not have to sacrifi ce the quality of our built environment in order to enhance our health. In fact, just the opposite is true. New technologies now make it possible for designers and engineers to navigate the synergistic relationship between architecture and building systems, which helps teams to predict energy use. By investigating the exchange of energy that occurs between the external environment and the internal spaces of a building in real time, professionals are changing the nature of the design process as well as the outcomes. When we consider that sustainability is not simply an application of technology, but an active part of the design process, we begin to improve the quality of engineering and architectural solutions to pressing problems.

2:40 – 3:10 PM Conversation Break & Sponsor Exhibits

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3:10 – 3:45 PM A Tall Order? Skyscrapers and Zero Energy

Antony Wood, Executive Director, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

This presentation looks at the trends driving the recent unprecedented boom in tall buildings internationally, and in particular the role tall buildings can play in facing the considerable challenges of climate change. It analyzes the pros and cons of the skyscraper on sustainability grounds, and charts the rise of an environmental conscience in high-rise architecture. In then presenting a number of theoretical tall building design projects developed by the author in conjunction with the CTBUH and academic-research institutions, it seeks to answer the question of whether zero energy in skyscrapers is ever possible and, if so, what is needed to get there?

3:45 – 4:20 PM Case Study – The New York Times Building

Glenn Hughes, President, Glenn Hughes Consulting Associates

Glenn Hughes directed the construction of The New York Times building. He will demonstrate its innovative energy effi ciency systems, including cogeneration, under-fl oor air distribution, automated shade controls and a lighting controls system that features digital dimmable ballasts. Mobile data collection and analytical tools were used to fi eld measure the performance of these energy effi cient systems, resulting in systems that truly live up to their promise of energy savings and occupant comfort.

4:20 – 5:00 PM Special Guest Lecture – A Green Future: Architecture to Make Life Easy, Beautiful, and Healthy

Christoph Ingenhoven, Principal and Design Director, Ingenhoven Architekten

Christoph Ingenhoven has been practicing the principles of sustainable architecture on sophisticated projects, large and small, since he founded his practice 27 years ago. In his talk he will explain why ecology, the well-being of the user, technical advances, and clean detailing have come to characterize his work. Projects that will be reviewed in the lecture include the RWE AG headquarters in Essen; the Lufthansa Aviation Center in Frankfurt/Main; the Uptown high-rise building in Munich; the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg; and the Main Railway Station in Stuttgart, a “zero-energy” station that requires no heating, cooling or mechanical ventilation.

5:00 – 5:15 PM Q&A Session

5:15 – 6:30 PM Reception & Sponsor Exhibits

6:30 – 8:00 PM Business Week / Architectural Record Awards Dinner

Sponsored by:

James McGraw Hall, 50th Floor

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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

7:30 – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast Exhibit Hall, 2nd Floor

8:30 – 9:15 AM Smarter Net Zero Buildings – Status and Future Directions

Stephen Selkowitz, Head, Building Technologies Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Buildings are increasingly expected to meet higher, and potentially more complex levels of performance. They should be sustainable, use zero-net energy, be healthy and comfortable, grid-friendly, yet economical to build and maintain. Any one of these is challenging in itself, but achieving all would seem to be overwhelming.

In this session, the solutions that exist today will be explored, along with emerging technologies, a shift to integrated systems, and simulation tools that can help predict and optimize performance. This new focus includes continuous monitoring and dynamic control of loads for energy effi ciency and comfort. Ideally, as intrinsic energy end-use decreases, these buildings will increasingly rely on a mix of on-site power, on-site storage, and recovered energy. We will look at how the building industry might move toward such a vision, and conclude with estimates of the impacts that a renewed, smart-building stock might have on our national energy use and carbon emissions.

9:15 – 9:45 AM Energy and the Changing Workplace

Dr. Andrew Laing, Managing Director, DEGW North America

Workspaces are used only 30 percent of the time, and that means high performance buildings used ineffi ciently can be just as wasteful as buildings that are not green. By embracing new ways of working and new technologies, such as mobile working, distributed working, and ‘smart work centers’, companies and cities are discovering that they can intensify how space is used over time and avoid unnecessary commuting. Buildings get busier and space is not wasted. Using research with users and cities, this session looks the role that building design and use can play in achieving sustainability goals that go beyond technologically-driven metrics of low carbon impact of the individual building.

9:45 - 10:30 AM In the Pipeline: Technical Advances In Development

Dr. James Finley, Fellow, PPG Industries Glass Technical Center The Science of Advanced Glazings and the Zero-Energy Building of Tomorrow

How will high-performance glass help architects meet global energy and environmental challenges, and create self-sustaining, carbon-neutralbuildings? This presentation looks at the science of spectrally selective, electrochromic and photovoltaic glasses, notes their advantages and limitations, and explains the technological and material breakthroughs needed to produce the next generation of high-performance glass products. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see the advances industry scientists are pursuing to expand the aesthetic and energy-producing potential of glass and how this vital material is being enhanced to build a more sustainable future.

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Stephen Hebeisen, Director of Engineering, MechoShade Systems, Inc.Electronically-controlled shades and louvers unveil net-zero-energy buildings

Today’s generation of technologically advanced window treatments are more than mere decorative features. Sophisticated electronics can now continually optimize the positions of motorized shades and louvers to fi lter, block, and redirect natural light and heat from the sun. These high-performance window treatments are becoming the cornerstones of lighting and HVAC energy strategies They maintain comfort and views to the outside and promote the productivity of a company’s most-expensive operating cost< its employees. These current technologies enable transparent, low-iron glass facades to evolve toward net-zero energy effi ciency.

10:30 – 10:50 AM Conversation Break & Sponsor Exhibits

10:50 – 11:30 AM Case Study – Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons, Loyola University

Mark Frisch, AIA, Principal, Solomon Cordwell Buenz Matthias Schuler, Director, Transsolar KlimaEngineering

Mark Frisch and Matthias Schuler will present the just-completed Information Commons building at Loyola University, Chicago. Transsolar KlimaEngineering performed a detailed climate analysis during the design phase of this building in order to understand the unique challenges of the site, which is on the shore of Lake Michigan. The resulting design of this building employs advanced mechanical systems, including mixed-mode ventilation. When outside air cannot be used to naturally heat or cool the internal space to comfortable levels, the building automation system automatically closes windows and its double-skin cavity walls. The building’s open spaces rely on a combination of radiant concrete ceilings and mechanical under-fl oor air to achieve optimal interior comfort with high indoor air quality. Daylight sensors dim the building’s fl uorescent lighting when it is not needed.

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Case Study – Masdar Headquarters

Gordon Gill, AIA, Founder, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill ArchitectureRobert Forest, AIA, Founder, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill ArchitectureMehdi Jalayerian, PE, Senior Vice President, Environmental Systems Design

Gordon Gill, Robert Forest and Mehdi Jalayerian will present the competition-winning Masdar Headquarters, the fi rst building in the zero-waste, zero-carbon Masdar City, which will be built in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The Masdar Headquarters will be the fi rst mixed-use, positive-energy building in the world. AS+GG worked with MEP engineers Environmental Systems Design and structural engineers Thornton Tomasetti on the design.

12:15 – 12:30 PM Q&A Session

Closing Remarks Charles Linn, FAIA, Deputy Editor, Architectural Record

Speaker Profi les

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Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIANorbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA, is president of McGraw-Hill Construction, the leading source of project news, product information, industry analysis and editorial coverage for design and construction professionals. He joined The McGraw-Hill Companies in 1997 as vice president of editorial for Dodge. Prior to Dodge, he spent eight years with the Bovis Construction Group, a global leader in the management of high profi le construction projects. Young is a registered architect, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He holds a Masters of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelors of Arts from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.

Charles Linn, FAIACharles Linn, FAIA, leads the editorial development of Architectural Record’s Innovation Conference, now in its sixth year, and is its master of ceremonies. He serves as the editor of Schools of the 21st Century, Record’s annual publication and symposium for the K-12 school design market, and is a consulting editor for GreenSource magazine. He edits Record’s monthly Practice Matters column, oversees Record’s news department, and acts as editorial liaison between McGraw-Hill Construction and McGraw-Hill’s Professional Books group.

Charles has been a member of editorial teams that have won numerous American Business Media Awards for excellence in business journalism, Folio Awards for editorial excellence, and fi ve McGraw-Hill Corporate Achievement Awards.

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Professor Daniel NoceraProfessor Nocera is the Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is widely recognized as a leading researcher in renewable energy at the molecular level. Nocera studies the basic mechanisms of energy conversion in biology and chemistry with primary focus in recent years on the photogeneration of hydrogen and oxygen from water. Nocera’s research in energy con-version has been featured on the nationally broadcast television and radio programs. He developed the pilot that was used to begin the new PBS science program ScienceNow and his PBS NOVA show was nominated for a 2006 Emmy Award. In 2005, he was awarded the Italgas Prize for his fundamental contributions to the development of renewable energy.

Ron JudkoffRon Judkoff Directs the Buildings and Thermal SystemsCenter at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The center studies ultra-effi cient buildings, building-integrated photovoltaics, solar-thermal electric, and active solar heating and cooling. Previously, Ron was a senior architectural engineer in the NREL BuildingsR&D Program specializing in the energy design of highly effi cient architecture and in simulation and monitoring techniques. Prior to NREL, he was a staff scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He served in the Peace Corps for 3 years as a construction supervisor for rural infrastructure improvement projects and holds a Masters of Architecture degree from Columbia University.

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Denzil GallagherDenzil Gallagher is a partner and MEP regional discipline leader, for Buro Happold North America. He specializes in environmental engineering and has contributed to award-winning sustainable design projects around the world. These include the Danish National Opera House in Copenhagen; Rensselaer Poly-technic Institute’s Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in Troy, New York; Genzyme Headquarters in Boston, and a number of very-low-energy, naturally-ventilated buildings in Europe.

Denzil joined Buro Happold in 1993 and moved to New York in 2002, where he is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the MEP, sustainability, and building analysis teams.

Antony WoodAntony Wood is executive director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, responsible for the day-to-day running of the Council. His fi eld of specialization is the design, and in particular the sustainable design, of tall buildings. He is also an Associate Professor in the College of Architecture at IIT. Prior to becoming a professor at the University of Nottingham, UK in 2001, and IIT in 2006, he worked in architectural practice in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta.

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Speaker Profi les

Glenn HughesGlenn Hughes recently formed Glenn Hughes Consulting Associates after retiring as managing director of construction for The New York Times. He directed the design, pre-purchasing, construction, testing and com-missioning of The New York Times’ new headquarters building in Manhattan, as well as other major building construction projects around the U.S.

Prior to joining The New York Times Company, Mr. Hughes was a principal engineer at the architectural and engineering fi rm of Chas. T. Main, Inc., where he was resident engineer for the construction of the Times’ Edison, New Jersey, printing plant. He also worked as a project manager at ARAMCO in Saudi Arabia for 10 years, building high-voltage power systems. Mr. Hughes received BSEE and BA degrees from the University of Akron in 1974.

Christoph IngenhovenChristoph Ingenhoven has been practicing the principles of sustainable architecture on sophisticated, large-scale projects since he founded his practice, Ingenhoven Architekten, 27 years ago. The fi rm has won numerous awards for projects such as the Main Station in Stuttgart,a “zero-energy station” that requires no heating, cooling or mechanical ventilation. The 110-person studio’sheadquarters is at the Plange Muhle, a refurbished former fl our mill in Dusseldorf, Germany. It is known for its open-minded working atmosphere that stresses teamwork and communication. Ecology, the well-being of the user, the economical and technical progress, logical construction, and clean detailing characterize the work.

Christoph founded Ingenhoven Architekten in Düsseldorf in 1985. The fi rm has designed many types of construc-tion, including offi ce buildings, company headquarters, airports and railway stations, and done urban planning, landscape design and master-planning.

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Speaker Profi les

Stephen SelkowitzStephen Selkowitz is head of the building technologies department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL), where he manages a research, development, and deployment program encompassing windows and day-lighting, lighting systems, computer simulation tools, commercial building performance, and demand response research. Selkowitz has 30 years of experience in the fi eld of buildingenergy performance, with an emphasis on research, development and deployment of energy effi cient technologies and design practices. His career has emphasized systems integration and a life cycle performance perspective. The program balances a state-of-the-art research effort with an aggressive technologytransfer and implementation effort, so that results of LBL’s work can effectively used by industry and the building community.

Andrew LaingDr. Laing is responsible for DEGW’s business in North America, where he has developed a team of consultants since 1996. He has taught at Princeton’s Department of Architecture and at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. He helps organizations improve workplace performance in relation to wider business goals. He has written many articles on workplace design and authored New Environments for Working, with Francis Duffy (1997), and was the co-author of The Responsible Workplace, along with Francis Duffy and Vic Crisp (1993).

He has a Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology; a Masters in Town and Country Planning and a BS Architecture (Hons) University College London London, England.

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James J. FinleyJames J. Finley is a Fellow at PPG Industries Glass Technical Center in Harmar Township, Pennsylvania, where he manages the Discovery Group. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

He joined PPG in 1981 and has conducted and led research and product development in the areas of thin fi lms and materials technology, and product and process transfer into manufacturing. He received PPG’s President’s Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement in 2000 and in 2006. Dr. Finley is a member of PPG’s Technical Collegium and was its past president. He holds 38 U.S. patents and has authored or coauthored technical presentations and publications in the area of low emissivity and solar control coatings.

Stephen HebeisenStephen Hebeisen is the director of engineering for MechoShade Systems, Inc. headquartered in Long Island City, New York, where he has been developing communication technology and control systems for the commercial and residential markets for almost 10 years. He worked at Leviton for four years where he established and managed its building automation and home auto-mation departments, and Leviton Integrated Networks. He has served as a corporate representative for many industry standards committees. Stephen has a BSEE from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and is a member of IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu, the electrical and computer engineering honor society.

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Matthias SchulerMatthias Schuler has been a director at Transsolar KlimaEngineering since 1992. He has extensive experi-ence with advanced façade buildings, sustainable design, and climate engineering, and has worked on important projects with Murphy/Jahn Architects, UN Studio, SANAA-Sejima Nishizawa, Gehry Partners, and Foster + Partners. From 1987 to 1992, Schuler was a scientifi c assistant at the Institute for Thermodynamics and Warmetechnik at the University of Stuttgart, developing international R&D projects for low energy buildings, with expertise in dynamic building simulation. Schuler has been a lecturer at the Department of Architecture at the University of Stuttgart, and has collaborated with the University of Wis-consin’s Solar Energy Lab. He has published numerous articles in such publications as Architecture Aujourd’hui, DETAIL, and AIT, and is the co-author of Glasatlas and Transsolar Climate Engineering. He lectures on architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and received his Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart in 1987.

Mark Frisch, AIAMark Frisch, AIA, is a principal at Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and heads the fi rm’s technical design program. His responsibilities include the integration of architecture with structure and buildings services, building enclosurestrategies and new materials research. Before joining SCB in 1999, Mr. Frisch spent 16 years at Murphy/ Jahn in a variety of roles including director of production, where he was involved in a number of the fi rm’s award winning projects.

Mr. Frisch received both his Bachelor and Master of architecture degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was the recipient of the Long Traveling Fellowship. He recently team-taught a seminar in advanced topics in architectural technology, exploring modularity and prefabrication at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

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Robert Forest, AIARobert Forest, AIA, RIBA, OAA, LEED AP, has extensive knowledge and experience in the execution of projects all over the world. A recognized authority on the economics of sustainable design, he has combined his knowledge of local and international policies, funding sources and varied economic models to develop a system of ‘best practices’ for the management of high-performance projects.

Prior to the founding of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP in 2006, Bob was an Associate Partner in the Chicago offi ce of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, and had previously worked at design fi rms in Toronto, Hong Kong and Osaka, Japan. Prior to beginning his architectural career, Bob played professional football for Canadian teams the Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Machine.

Gordon Gill, AIAGordon Gill, AIA, has designed award-winning architecture across the globe. His work emphasizes a holistic approach to design that integrates all project disciplines. The results are performance based designs that work symbiotically with their natural surroundings-contributing to the sustainability of cities, augmenting the built landscape and creating an optimal user experience.

Gordon’s work includes the design of the world’s fi rst net-zero energy skyscraper, Pearl River Tower, and the fi rst mixed-use positive energy building, the Masdar Headquarters. These landmark projects exemplify Gordon’s philosophy that architecture must strike a balance with its global environmental context. Prior to founding Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP in 2006, Gordon was an Associate Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and a Director of Design for VOA Associates.

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Mehdi Jalayerian, P.E.Mehdi Jalayerian, PE, LEED AP, is senior vice president and principal-in-charge of the international and special projects division for Environmental Systems Design, Inc. The fi rm provides consulting services for high-rises, assembly venues, hotel facilities; central cooling, heating, and electrical plants, and educational and governmental projects.

Mr. Jalayerian has over 24 years of experience in HVAC and sustainable design practice, during which he has been responsible for building system design for numerousworldwide projects. In 1982, he received Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas.

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MechoShade Systems, Inc., is the leading provider of window-shading solutions for architects and interior designers. We design and produce a wide range of systems using visually transparent shadecloths and our own SolarTrac® 3 automated system with the new, advanced Brightness-Override Module to control excessive daylight-brightness at the window wall.

www.mechoshade.com

Lutron Electronics, the world leader in lighting control, engineers a full line of energy-saving solutions, including wall-box dimmers, shading systems, architectural lighting controls, and whole-building lighting control systems. Worldwide, commercial and institutional green buildings rely on Lutron lighting controls and window systems as a central component of sustainable design.

www.lutron.com

Key Corporate Sponsors

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Corporate Sponsors

Trespa is a world leader in the development and production of high-performance, high-quality panels for exterior cladding and interior surfaces. Trespa is continually setting new standards in the building sector and environmental awareness. Trespa provides architects, designers, installers and end-users with innovative, aesthetically pleasing and high-performance solutions.

www.trespa.com/na/

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Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. We are dedicated to improving the project performance of architects, engineers, constructors, and owner-operators and of the assets they design, build, and operate. Bentley sustains the infrastructure professions by helping to leverage information technology, learning, best practices, and global collaboration.

www.bentley.com

Product Gallery Sponsors

The home of the AIA New York Chapter, the Center for Architecture organizes and hosts an array of programs and exhibitions that explore the role of architects in housing, planning, historic preservation, and urban design. We are dedicated to three goals: design excellence, public outreach, and professional development. In addition to sponsoring the Center’s events, the Chapter publishes a magazine, OCULUS, and an electronic journal, eOculus, and works with its charitable affi liate, the Center for Architecture Foundation, to provide scholarship and educational opportunities for students and the general public.

www.aiany.org

Since 1979, Meyer Sound has made professional audio products for installation in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and The Plaza Hotel. Now, Meyer Sound introduces Constellation[TM] electroacoustic architecture, a new approach to venue acoustics that enables architects to design multipurpose venues without the expense and limitations of mechanical acoustical treatments.

www.meyersound.com

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The American Institute of Steel Construction, headquartered in Chicago, is a not-for-profi t technical institute and trade association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural steel-related technical and market-building activities, including: specifi cation and code development, research, education, technical assistance, quality certifi cation, standardization, and market development. AISC has a long tradition of service to the steel construction industry of providing timely and reliable information.

www.aisc.org

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Notes

Photo Credits: Masdar Headquarters © Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture Client: The Masdar Initiative