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Campus Center Café
This is one of two on-campus cafés (the other, Compass Café, in the Neilson Library).
Fenestration
The word "fenestration" comes from the Latin word "fenestra," which means "window" but in the modern era of architecture in building design, its use has evolved to mean any openings in a building's envelope -- i.e. windows and doors. Building codes and regulations in many countries now require specific fenestration standards to ensure buildings are energy-efficient and provide safe entry and egress.
door (n.)
Etymology. "movable barrier, commonly on hinges, for closing a passage into a building, room, or other enclosure," c. 1200, a Middle English merger of two Old English words, both with the general sense of "door, gate": dor (neuter; plural doru) "large door, gate," and duru (fem., plural dura) "door, gate, wicket." Middle English had both dure and dor; the form dore predominated by 16c. but was supplanted later in "modernity".
Roof Assemblies and Rooftop Structures
Chapter 15 of the International Building Code provides minimum requirements for the design and construction of roof assemblies and rooftop structures. Largely prescriptive, it addresses the weather-protective barrier at the roof and, in most circumstances, a fire-resistant barrier. With links to representative university Roofing Shops.
Quadrivium: Autumn
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC.
Bulletin Board
Curated list of open consultations and calls for information from state, federal and global agencies.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
Urban Rooftop Farm
Introducing an adaptive climate solution with Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm which incorporates sustainable food production, renewable energy, organic waste, water management, and public space within its 22,000 square meters
Large Language Models of Electric Power Sector
Carryover from the IEEE Education & Healthcare Essential Works Committee session earlier this week.