Continuing Education

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We are committed to offering valuable educational content that offers a convenient way to maintain your credentials and stay current on the latest shade fabric innovations.”

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Shades need to be evaluated as early as possible—ideally alongside glazing— in order to deliver on the design intent for a building.”

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Unifying Aesthetics &
Performance with
Commercial Shades &
Glass
Advancing Fenestration
Efficiency

Unifying Aesthetics & Performance with Commercial Shades & Glass

This course will explain the evolution of fenestration specification strategies from performance, aesthetic, and occupant comfort angles. The presentation will focus on the importance of specifying shades from a project’s initial planning in order to exceed code, save costs and maintain building design intent. New research, ratings and standards from Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and the Department of Energy’s Attachment Energy Rating Council, will be explained, and more specifically, we will establish how it will change the complete fenestration specification process.

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aesthetics performance

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AIA Learning Units | 1.0 CES Hours HSW

GBCI Learning Units | 1.0 CES Hours

IDCEC Learning Units | 1.0 CES Hours

Advancing FenestrationEfficiency

Advancing Fenestration Efficiency

Join leaders from across the fenestration industry for insights into the past, present and future of fenestration specification strategies—and how solar shading will help to revolutionize the industry.

In addition to covering the history of fenestration and its impacts on the building envelope, this course will delve into new research from the Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and the Department of Energy's Attachment Energy Rating Council (AERC), including a behind-the-scenes look at the development of a new standard for attachments ratings and certifications.

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