Building-envelope design protects the indoor environment and facilitates climate control, thereby affecting public health through indoor air quality, energy efficiency and more. Structural integrity, moisture control and air-pressure boundaries are recent meeting topics.

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Co-Chairs

Robert Blount / [email protected]

Ryan David Ewell / [email protected]

Felipe Francisco / [email protected]

upcoming Events

June 25, 2026

All Day

2026 Wagdy Anis Symposium on Building Science

past Events

May 06, 2026

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Building Enclosure Council (BEC): Bird-Safe Facade Design and Available Technologies

April 09, 2026

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Building Enclosure Council (BEC): Building Tour - 585 Kendall (In-Person)

March 04, 2026

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Building Enclosure Council (BEC): Resilience - Turning Climate Projections Into Actionable Design

February 11, 2026

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Building Enclosure Council (BEC): 101 Tremont Street Construction Tour [SOLD OUT]

December 03, 2025

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Building Enclosure Council (BEC): Introduction to Thermal Bridging Solutions for the Building Envelope (Virtual)

See More Events

BEC: Green Roof Design, Installation & Maintenance From the Builder's Perspective

December 6, 2023

Going Big with Climate Action: Multifamily, Commercial, and Institutional Buildings

July 27, 2023

Building Enclosure Council: Megapanel Facades, Efficiency at Scale

July 19, 2023

COTE and the BEC: The Shifting Energy Code Landscape in Massachusetts and the Building Enclosure

June 7, 2023

Building Enclosure Council: Natural Stone Facades — Attachments and Other Considerations

May 3, 2023

Building Enclosure Council: Curtain Wall Design Assist with Virtual Design & Construction– Through the Lens of CM Leadership

April 5, 2023

Exploring Design Assist’s Impact on the Whole Building Enclosure

March 1, 2023

Design Assist Contract Methodology & Design Processes — Colby College

February 1, 2023

Decarbonization through Envelope Optimization

December 5, 2022

Bridging the Gap Between College and the Work Industry

September 26, 2022

Tackling Window Pain - The Benefits of High Performance Fenestration

June 13th, 2022

Sloped Glazing (and Skylights) 101

May 2, 2022

Embodied Carbon and the Building Enclosure

March 28, 2022

LCA, GWP, GHG, EPD... - What it all means, why do we need them, how do we use them

February 28, 2022

Three Failures and a Save

January 31, 2022

The Interface—/Storefront Glazing Assembly Edition

December 6, 2021

Building Enclosure Field Performance Testing

October 25, 2021

Wagdy Anis Symposium on Building Science: Day One

September 22, 2021

Retrofitting Coastal Building to Meet Today's Floodproofing Demand

May 24, 2021

Flood Prevention and Mitigation

April 26, 2021

Passive House Multi-Family Design

March 29, 2021

What is the E-Z Code?

February 22, 2021

Upgrading Existing Building Envelopes Using DOE Energy Data

January 25, 2021

BERDO & Setting Zero Carbon Emissions Standards in Boston

October 26, 2020