Envelope Assemblies

Walls and Roof

You can select from various envelop assemblies for their concept project. Below are details of each assembly:

Alternatively, you can play around with custom wall and roof assemblies. The following options are available for each element:

Wall Elements

Element	Options (Emissions/Cost/Thickness)
Interior Support	Steel Stud CLT Wall Panel Wood Stud Precast concrete None
Interior Insulation	Batt Insulation None
Sheathing	Gypsum Plywood None
Exterior Insulation	Mineral Wool EPS (Expanded Polystyrene) Kooltherm Sprayfoam Polyisocyanurate None
Exterior Finish	Acrylic-based finish Precast concrete Aluminum panel with mineral wool Steel sheet mineral wool None
Cladding	Clay brick Terra cotta Cultured stone veneer

Roof Elements

Element	Options
Structure	Metal deck Reinforced concrete deck CLT deck None
Insulation	Polyisocyanurate Extruded polystyrene insulation (XPS) Mineral wool None
Membrane	Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene (SBS) torch applied membrane Vapour impermeable membrane Hot rubber and reinforcing fabric
Finish	Roof ballast Embedded river stone ballast Metal roof None

Windows

Frame material and glazing types information adapted from "Embodied impacts of window systems: a comparative assessment of framing and glazing alternatives" by Shiva Saadatiana, Fausto Freirea, and Nuno Simõesb:

Element	Options
Frame	Aluminum PVC Wood
Glazing	Single glazed (annealed no coating) Single glazed (annealed solar control) Double glazed (annealed solar control) Double glazed (annealed low-E) Double glazed (tempered solar control) Triple glazed (annealed low-E) Triple glazed (laminated low-E)