UMass Conference Proceedings on Prefabricated Architecture Available
The proceedings for the 2008 Wood Structures Symposium and Northeast ACSA Conference “Without a Hitch: New Directions in Prefabricated Architecture” are available on the web.You can access and...
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Simi Hoque Collaborates on Building Integrated Aquaculture
Building Integrated Aquaculture: can holistic design increase system efficiencies and make indoor recirculating aquaculture more successful?Two faculty members and a post-doctoral scholar at the...
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Ben Weil Releases Holdsworth Hall Retrofit and Renovation Report for Energy...
Proposed Holdsworth Hall Retrofit and Renovation would reduce energy usage by 63% and carbon dioxide emissions by 82%The recommendations in this report are the product of a detailed and careful...
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New Book by UMass Amherst’s Schreyer Expands Understanding of Architectural...
AMHERST, Mass. – Alexander C. Schreyer, assistant director and lecturer of the building and construction technology (BCT) program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and faculty member in the...
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Simi Hoque’s Urban Modeling
Dr. Simi Hoque is passionate about improving the ways in which buildings use the earth’s resources. She teaches environmental systems and sustainable design principles in the Department of...
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Clouston co-authors book chapter on laminated bio-based composites
A recently published book titled “Bio-Based Composites for High-Performance Materials: From Strategy to Industrial Application” (published by CRC press) includes a chapter on “Characterization and...
View ArticleNew Publication: “A framework for integrated urban metabolism analysis tool...
Abstract: IUMAT (Integrated Urban Metabolism Analysis Tool) is a system-based sustainability analysis tool. It quantifies and aggregates the social, economic and environmental capitals of urban...
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Some summer reading: Follow our BCT students’ internships!
Many students in BCT sign up for construction-related summer work, either as internships, practicums, or just as a job that relates to their studies. They always have amazing experiences, which lets...
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Schreyer’s Book on Architectural Design with SketchUp in Second Edition
AMHERST, Mass. — The second edition of “Architectural Design with SketchUp: 3D Modeling, Extensions, BIM, Rendering, Making, and Scripting,” by Alexander C. Schreyer is being released today. Schreyer...
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BCT’s Ben Weil discusses Ice Dams on Boston.com
Ben Weil, BCT’s extension faculty member in building energy, was called upon recently by Boston.com to discuss the ever-popular winter topic of ice dams. The following article features his very...
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Schreyer Authors New Edition of ‘Fundamentals of Residential Construction’
Alexander Schreyer, director of the building and construction technology (BCT) program, has revised and expanded “Fundamentals of Residential Construction” to produce the fourth edition of the guide to...
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Two NE Tree Species Can Be Used in New Sustainable Building Material
UMass Amherst study tested strength of mass timber panels created from eastern white pine and eastern hemlock February 27, 2020 Contact: Peggi Clouston AMHERST, Mass. – Two tree species native to the...
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