SFE News

Article category: News
Published on: 27 Jun 24

Meet the SFE Hub Representatives

The Society of Façade Engineering's membership is a worldwide network of professionals across the façade industry, with over a thousand members around the globe. To enable the SFE to provide useful services to such a widespread community, we have established localised hubs to organise and operate on a regional basis.

Article category: News
Published on: 04 Jan 24

SoPHE Technical Conference 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities

We are delighted to give SoPHE Industrial Associates a chance to sponsor the Annual SoPHE Technical Conference 2024 - Rainwater.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Women Shaping Façades: A Look at Gender Demographics

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2025 #IWD2025 which this year bears the tag #AccelerateAction, the Society of Façade Engineering has committed to increasing equality, diversity and representation of women in the industry.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

SFE Hubs: What we have been up to March 2025

The SFE Hubs have continued their busy schedule of events, providing SFE members with engaging content on an international scale.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Spotlight Awards: The Refurbishment of a Grade II-listed Cable Net Facade

The iconic building of Channel 4 Headquarters in London, originally designed by Richard Rogers in the 1990s, is Grade II-listed with only a few of its kind around the world. It reflects an era of ‘design by testing’ where boundaries were pushed and technical excellence was defined. The result is a highly engineered 20-metre-high curved curtain wall façade that combines ground-breaking features such as suspended glass panels, shock-absorbing suspension springs and a pre-tensioned cable net fixed to an ingenious steel crown. After twenty-five years, the façade was showing its age and needed care and attention.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

CWCT Update Summer 2025

In this update, we will consider sustainability, H&S, the Building Safety Act, CWCT courses and our AGM.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

SFE Technical Committee update Summer 2025

The SFE are delighted to welcome Kevin Yin as the new SFE Technical Committee Chair

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Spotlight awards: Airshade: A thermo-responsive shading system

In an era where energy efficiency and sustainable design are becoming more central to architectural innovations, technologies like the Airshade system have emerging as practical solutions for improving comfort in external and internal environments.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Spotlight Façade Awards: Embracing Digital Innovation in Façade Engineering: FAT PAnDA by Ramboll

Embracing Digital Innovation in Façade Engineering: FAT PAnDA by Ramboll

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Spotlight Academia: Evaluating the safety of monolithic toughened glass as an infill panel in a balustrade

For 15 years, CWCT guidance for glazed balustrades has been to use laminated safety glass capable of providing containment. This guidance has been widely followed. The introduction of the ‘ban’ on combustible materials in certain buildings prohibits the use of laminated glass as a balustrade, with the risk that designers will instead turn to monolithic toughened glass, which does not provide containment when broken.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

SFE Newsletter Spotlight Interview- Special Edition

The SFE are delighted to bring you a special edition of our spotlight interview with Chair Kenneth Zammit and Immediate Past Chair Rimmy Vij