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Architects have an increasing array of choices in specifying and designing with glass in building facades. Manufacturers are able to provide different glass products in a greater variety of colors, textures and patterns than ever before allowing for enhanced creativity and design excellence in buildings. At the same time, the light transmittance, reflectance, and absorption that occur in a particular pane of glass can be selected based on an increasing choice of coatings and treatments. These attributes affect not only affect the appearance but also the visual and energy performance of the glass and the overall building where it is installed.

This presentation will review some of the current choices in glass commonly available to architects for building facades. Further it will look at the features, attributes, and characteristics of these various choices from both a visual and performance standpoint. Armed with this information, architects can select the most appropriate glass products for the building facades that they design and specify. A quiz is provided to address the principles and concepts learned and allow the participant to earn 1.0 HSW/SD CEU.

Learn At Your Own Pace:

You can take this course and follow along at your own pace. Speed up, slow down, or stop now and finish later. Click "Take the Course Test" to go straight to the test and earn your credits. You'll know immediately if you have earned credits and you will be able to print out your certificate of completion instantly.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Explore some of the basic choices and options in the selection of glass types for building facades.
• Differentiate between types of safety glass including traditional tempered glass and laminated glass and appraise their uses based upon application.
• Analyze the aesthetics and performance differences found in a variety of low emissivity (Low-E) coatings used on glass.
• Identify various ways to customize glass through color, textures, and patterns and observe how these various products are incorporated into completed buildings.

Credits: 1.00 HSW/SD

Course Outline:

This course is a presentation designed to earn you 1.00 AIA/CES Learning Unit. Use the onscreen controls to pace the presentation to your liking, and then click "Take the Course Test" to take the exam for this course and earn your credit.

• Principles of Glass Selection for Facades: From Rendering to Reality
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