TY - JOUR
AU1 - Standley, Joseph A.
AU2 - Memari, Ali M.
AU3 - 
AB - Send Orders of Reprints to reprints@benthamscience.net The Open Civil Engineering Journal, 2014, 8, 143-153 143 Open Access 1 ,2 Joseph A. Standley and Ali M. Memari* Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., 311 Summer Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02210, USA Department of Architectural Engineering and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State University, 219 Sackett Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA Abstract: A new type of transparent panelized wall system for residential construction has recently been developed that can be used as an alternative to typical wood-frame and other light-frame wall systems. The new wall system is a prefabricated wall panel consisting of a structural steel back-up frame, transparent polycarbonate sheathing, and a curtain- wall system that may contain an integrated photovoltaic glazing panel. In this paper, after an introduction to the structural and architectural aspects of system, the thermal and energy performance aspects of this wall system are evaluated based on several criteria. The current configuration of the wall system shows an overall U-factor of 1.585 W/m k. The material and systems analysis using a combination of life-cycle assessment and embodied energy are discussed as well. The embodied energy of the system turns out to be approximately 
TI - Evaluation of a Transparent Wall System for Residential Construction
JF - The Open Civil Engineering Journal
DO - 10.2174/1874149501408010143
DA - 2014-08-06
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/evaluation-of-a-transparent-wall-system-for-residential-construction-0cfHR0a15L
DP - DeepDyve
ER -