Description:

Bigger Glass trends are driven by the ever-increasing size of residential spaces. Customers and Designers are demanding impressive and boundary stretching concepts in residential home design. Oversized architectural fenestration has unique issues and requires key understanding of structural demands on the design and engineering of glass assemblies.

Learning Objectives:

1. Why fenestration products are getting bigger.
2. How different types of glass are made, from silica sand to sealed units. Identifying the basic types of glass and the attributes of each type. Explain how it can be an environmentally sustainable product.
3. How to create high performing sealed glass units for any environmental zone. Achieving high efficiency factors controlling Solar Heat Gain, Heat loss and other thermal issues. Efficiency factors for using low emissivity coatings and glass specifications.
4. Defining size and weight and engineering boundaries when designing and specifying big glass. Corresponding engineering requirements from glass assembly manufacturers. 
5. Considerations in handling, transportation, packaging, sequencing and delivery and the effect on cost.

This is a 1 hour virtual event via Zoom. Registration is required.

Course Code: IDLO24BIGGL

Course Credit: 1 AIA LU | HSW