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Course Title

SDCB 301 -
Building Envelopes: Advanced Design and High Performance Curtain Walls

Course Description

This course, the fourth in the series Sustainable Design for Canadian Buildings, will stress the practical application of sustainability to the design of curtain walls. Although the course will emphasize energy efficiency and durability of curtain wall systems, other aspects of sustainable design will be discussed, including:

• Energy management of the building using various curtain wall systems;
• Durability (longevity, adaptability, life cycle value);
• Embodied energy of curtain walls, and in particular, aluminum and glazing systems;
• Design for disassembly (longevity, adaptability, material reuse, life cycle value);
• Energy harvesting and curtain wall solutions for ventilation or air heating.

In addition, the course will discuss the problems encountered, and various solutions for retrofitting or replacing inefficient and dated curtain walls, on older buildings.Finally, new and emerging technologies used successfully in northern Europe will be presented.

Duration

One full day (8 hours)

Course Presenters

Luis de Miguel, Architect
Mark Brook, Engineer
Matthias Schuler, Engineer from Stuttgart
Thomas Auer, Eng Engineer from Stuttgart