Evolution of Glass and Performance Coatings
Sponsored by Guardian Glass
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what makes glass distinctive and valuable as a building material, including latest developments in how glass is made.
- Identify opportunities to enhance human experience and building performance through advanced glass capabilities.
- Recognize and respond to glass trends in today’s marketplace.
- Target key glass performance and aesthetic objectives with new tools that model glass applications in future building projects.
Credits:
1 AIA LU/Elective
0.1 IACET CEU*
1 AIBD P-CE
AAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
AAPEI 1 Structured Learning Hour
MAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA.
This course can be self-reported to the NSAA
NWTAA 1 Structured Learning Hour
OAA 1 Learning Hour
SAA 1 Hour of Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the AIBC, as per their CE Guidelines.
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 approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
This test is no longer available for credit
This course is part of the Glass in Architecture Academy
This course will explore the many things glass can do for you—the new and evolving ways you can use it to support your projects, the opportunities it creates for improving building performance, and how glass shapes the human experience.
- Glass Basics: What glass is and ways this material has evolved over time to keep up with changing needs and expectations.
- Building Performance: Ways glass can enhance building performance, with a focus on energy savings.
- Human Experience: What glass does for people who live, work, learn, play, and heal within the spaces that you create.
- Project Checklist: We’ll discuss a set of considerations you’ll want to have in mind as you embark on your next building project involving glass.
- Trends in Glass: We’ll share and discuss exciting application trends we’re seeing in the field.
- Modeling Tools: We’ll make sure you understand the tools you have at your disposal for simulating glass performance before you build your project.
Originally published in November 2017
