Wind on Solar Arrays: Reduce Construction Costs & Risk of Failure
Posted on January 31, 2022According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), renewable energy is expected to overtake coal as the primary means of electricity production by 2025, with solar energy expected to lead the surge. Currently, solar is already the cleanest and most abundant energy source, on top of being the cheapest in most countries. Despite supply-side disruptions to […]
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Completed: Sydney’s Tallest Residential Tower
Posted on November 25, 2021This month Greenland Australia and builders Probuild have completed Sydney’s tallest residential tower, the $700-million mixed-use Greenland Centre in the city’s CBD. The tower was designed by award-winning Australian architectural firms BVN and Woods Bagot. The building faced some unique challenges at the outset as pointed out by Andrew Johnson, the lead structural engineer from […]
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Advanced Thermal Modeling of Double Skin Façades
Posted on October 31, 2021Double skin façades are façade systems consisting of two layers, usually glass, wherein air flows through the intermediate cavity. This space (which can vary from 20 cm to a few meters) acts as insulation against extreme temperatures, winds, and sound, improving the building’s thermal efficiency for both high and low temperatures. One such example of […]
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A World Leading Wind Standard Released
Posted on August 26, 2021We are pleased to announce the arrival of the new edition of “Wind Actions on Structures” under the new designation AS/NZS 1170.2:2021. This document supersedes AS/NZS 1170.2:2011. Windtech directors Tony Rofail and Dr Nicholas Truong have been key contributors to the significant updates and new content in this new edition being key members of the […]
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Smart Structures, Big Data
Posted on July 30, 2021Telemetry is not a new concept, and in fact was explored by James Watt in the mid 1700 when he added devices such as the mercury pressure gauges and the fly-ball governors to his steam engines; both classic examples of devices that would reveal something important about the performance of a system. The person consuming […]
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