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271 Empires of the Mind
Royot Bank of Canada


278 Information from Solplan Review: Best Practice
Guide: Wood Frame Envelopes in the
Coastal Climate of British Columbia


281 Report from CMHC: Survey of Building Envelope
Failures in the Coastal Climate of British Columbia



RESARCH PAPERS
285 Wood Siding Weather Protection: Don't Get
Caught in the Rain without It
Miles E. Waltz, Jr. and Peter E. Nelson


303 Damage to Thermal Insulation Foams in Low-Slope
Roof Systems Caused by Simulated Foot Traffic
K. Liu and R. J. Booth


315 Correlations Between Structure Dependent and
Dynamic Thermal Characteristics of Building Walls
Elisabeth Kossecka


334 Interlaboratory Comparison of the
Measurement of Retention Curves
Morten H'torslev Hansen, Geert Houvenaghef, Marten Janz,
Martin Krus and Kenneth Str^mdahl


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349 Moisture DifFusivity of Building Materials
from Water Absorption Measurements
M. K. Kumaran


356 Vancouver's Rotting Condominium Problem—How-
Did We Get into This Mess?
Mark Lawton


364 An Overview of the Survey of Building
Envelope Failures in the Coastal
Climate of British Columbia, Performed by
Morrisson-Hershfield Limited for CMHC (1996)
Madefeme Rousseau


368 Subject/Author Index


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VOL:22, NO:1, JANUARY 1999

185 Corning to a Decision
Royal Bank of Canada

192 Notes from IRC/NRC: Fire Stops in Walls Can Provide
Both Fire Resistance and Sound Isolation

195 CMHC: Research & Development Highlights
203 Information from Solplan Review: Energy Answers

RESEARCH PAPERS

208 The Effect ofDiffuser's Location on Thermal Comfort
Analysis with Different Air Distribution Strategies
Jen-Yu Kuo and Kee-Chiang Chung

230 An Algorithm to Accelerate Simulations of Simultaneous
Heat and Gas Transfer in Gas-Filled Foams
Jinka'l Wang and Carl-Enc Hagentott

249 Feedback Service for Reducing Losses Due to
Building Problems
D. E Alien


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VOL. 23 , NO. 1 , 1999


5 The Philosophical Approach
Royal Bank of Canada

12 Is There a Shortage of
Knowledge in the Industry?
Ingemar Samuelson

RESEARCH PAPERS

17 Simulating Non-Isothermal Water
Vapour Transfer: An Experimental
Validation on Multi-Layered
Building Components
Staf Roe/s, Wim Deproetere,
Jan Carmeliet and Hugo Hens

41 Rain Control and Design Strategies
John Straube and Eric F. P. Burner

57 Performance of Source Drainage External
Insulation Finish System at the
Window/Wall Junction
John Edgar

78 Moisture Management ofEIFS Walls—Part 1:
The Basis for Evaluation
Mark Bomberg, Kumar Kumaran and Kevin Day


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