2101 Pearl Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302
57 Thompson Street
New York, NY 10012
RClarke@RscRca.com
303-641-6476
About Robert Clarke Associates
Robert is a leading international expert in the application of architectural glass technology to sustainable design. Drawing on Princeton Engineering and Stanford Business degrees, he has worked for more than four decades at the forefront of super insulating curtainwall, storefront and window engineering. Robert's research and recommendations empower novel designs involving high-percentage glass skins, net zero energy goals, integral PV, directionally “tuned” windows, dynamic glazing, deep daylight redirection, and HVAC innovation. This expertise often enables the removal of perimeter heating, and allows super insulating glass to be used in high-humidity and historic-renovation environments. Noise attenuation, UV sensitivity and all levels of LEED certification are addressed. The impact of glazing strategy is often analyzed within the framework of the latest modeling software, always with sensitivity to ASHREA-55 Comfort criteria.
Robert initiated and oversaw the on-site remanufacture of over 13,000 insulating-glass units at the Empire State Building. Other complex projects include the National Gallery of Art, San Jose Convention Center, Art Institute of Chicago, and LEED Platinum Packard Foundation in Los Altos, California.
A New York City office supports innovative and forward thinking approaches to Local Law 97 compliance. Robert is a WinSert patent holder, and inventor of complementary patent pending CapIt, a slip-on mullion insulator. Building-shell priority steps lowering higher CapEx HVAC expenditures are emphasized.
Robert Clarke Associates has particular expertise in financial analysis, extending beyond simple payback associated with a given glazing strategy to encompass radiant comfort, increased productivity, daylighting, offset HVAC expenditures and predictive models assessing exposure to future energy costs. Recommendations encompass varied technologies including the full spectrum of low-emissivity coatings (emerging in 2026 on large sheets of “cellphone thin” glass, R-10+ thin, light triple/quad IG), and novel interior secondary-window options providing R-3+ upgrades to highrise curtainwalls while staying within civil engineering glass-weight guidelines.
Robert has played a research-support role in equity fundraising exceeding 100M for ventures focused on novel sustainability glazing technologies.