Glazing Selection and Shading Strategy for Optimizing Daylight in Architectural Design

This course will look at the following daylighting topics: Glazing Selection, Shading Strategy
This course is no longer active
Sponsored by Draper Inc. and Phifer Incorporated

Learning Objectives:

  1. Explain strategies to make an informed glazing selection from all design perspectives.
  2. Discuss how to choose glazing to maximize daylight effectiveness and occupant comfort and minimize energy use while still meeting architectural objectives.
  3. Describe ways in which to control intense direct sunlight to ensure a comfortable workspace.
  4. Explain how shading strategies can be critical for occupant visual and thermal comfort and for minimizing mechanical cooling loads.

Credits:

HSW
1.5 AIA LU/HSW
IACET
0.1 IACET CEU*
As an IACET Accredited Provider, BNP Media offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.

This course is part of the Daylighting Academy

This course will look at ways in which glazing selection and shading strategies can play a role in maximizing daylight effectiveness and occupant comfort—meeting architectural design criteria while minimizing energy use in order to achieve design and sustainability project goals. It will provide guidance related to maintaining visual and thermal comfort for building occupants to ensure a comfortable and productive space.

Glazing Selection and Shading Strategy for Optimizing Daylight in Architectural Design.

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Originally published in September 2017

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