High-Performance Design with Polycarbonate Glazing Systems
Sponsored by VELUX Commercial, a division of VELUX America LLC
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This course will help architects and designers understand how the broad range of polycarbonate glazing options available today can help them satisfy both the practical and aesthetic needs of contemporary daylighting design.
They will learn how polycarbonate glazing systems offer the most durable, cost-effective alternative while increasing occupant health, safety, and welfare. The course will also discuss the role polycarbonate glazing systems play in improving light quality, health, performance, and productivity while delivering diffused daylight.
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Originally published in Engineered Systems
Originally published in August 2021
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Define multiwall polycarbonate (MWP) glazing.
- Assess design considerations and the wide range of polycarbonate glazing systems.
- Describe the performance, attributes and sustainability of polycarbonate glazed systems.
- Discuss wellness and sustainability as polycarbonate glazed systems improve occupant health, safety and welfare.
