Exploring the High-Performance Benefits of Laminated Glass
Versatile Building Material Provides Multiple Advantages
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Indoor Environmental Quality
Category
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Daylight &
Views
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Intent |
Provide for the
building occupants a connection between indoor spaces
and the outdoors through the introduction of sunlight
and views into the regularly occupied areas of the
building. |
Requirements |
Credit 8.1 (1 point):Achieve
a minimum Daylight Facor of 2 percent (excluding
all direct sunlight penetration) in 75 percent
of the space occupied for critical visual tasks,
not including copy rooms, storage areas, mechanical
plant rooms, laundry, and other low occupancy
support areas.
Credit 8.2 (1 point): Direct
line of sight to vision glazing from 90 percent
of all regularly occupied spaces, not including
copy rooms, storage areas, mechanical, laundry,
and other low occupancy support areas.
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Laminated Glass
Contributions |
Used o achieve
daylighting, laminated glass can be used with tinted,
colored or patterned PVB laminates to reduce the
need for artifical light, diffuse and disperse natural
light and increase occupant productivity. The laminate
also helps lower cooling costs and, by blocking
more than 99 percent of harmful UV rays, prevents
damage and deterioration to interior furnishings. |
Materials
and Resources Category
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Typical Standards for Windborne
Debris Impact Tests
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Large Missile Impact Test
(for windows, doors, skylights,
glazing and shutters between grade and 9m (30ft.)
above grade)
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Three identical test specimens.
Missile is 5 x 10 cm timber weighing 4kg (2in.
x 4in.) timber weighing 9lbs.
Two impact points at 15m/sec (50ft./sec.): one
at center, one and one within 15.2cm (6in.) of
a corner.
All three speciments must
survive impacts without penetration before proceeding
to cyclic pressure loading.
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Small Missile Impact Test
(for windows, doors, skylights,
glazing and shutters above 9m (30ft.) above grade)
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Three identical test specimens.
Missile is steal sphere weighing 2 gm (0.07 oz.).
30 small missile impacts at 40 m/sec (130 ft./sec):10
at center, 10 at near long edge, 10 near corner.
All three specimens must
survive impacts without penetration before proceeding
to cyclic pressure loading.
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Cyclic Pressure
(applied to all three specimens
following large or small missile impact tests;
duration of each cycle is 1-3 seconds; all inward-acting
pressure cycles are applied first, followed by
outward-acting cycles)
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Inward-Acting
Pressure
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Outward-Acting
Pressure
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Range
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Cycles
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Range
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Cycles
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0.2Pmax-0.5Pmax
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3,500
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0.3Pmax-1.0pmax
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50
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0.0Pmax-0.6Pmax
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300
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0.5Pmax-0.8Pmax
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1,050
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0.5Pmax-0.8Pmax
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600
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0.0Pmax-0.6Pmax
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50
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0.3Pmax-1.0Pmax
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100
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0.2Pmax-0.5Pmax
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3,350
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Pmax
is design wind pressure (inward and outward) from
the building code, based on an unbreached building
envelope. |
Pass/Fail
Criteria |
All
three specimens must survive the impacts as outlined
for a specific standard. If no tear or crack longer
then 12.7 cm (5in.), or no opening through which
a 7.6 cm (3in.) sphere can pass, has formed in any
of the three specimens upon completion of the pressure
sycles, they are deemed to have passed the test.
See specific test method, code protocol or specification
for individual pass/fail criteria. |
Materials
and Resources Category
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Originally published in Architectural Record.
Originally published in January 2005