Collaborative Research: CAS: Examining carbon emission implications of the impact of extreme weather conditions on building material durability, aging, and deterioration

Building materials and building envelopes – the barrier separating a building’s interior from the environment – can be compromised by exposure to short, frequent, and intense cycles of freeze and thaw, dry and wet, and hot and cold. Impaired materials in an envelope can reduce a building’s operational energy performance and diminish its thermal…