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Product roundup: 12 daylighting technologies

BD+C

Designed for mid-rise commercial and multifamily projects, where natural ventilation and daylight are a premium. This line of zero-sightline awning and casement windows features a concealed aluminum frame design that is virtually invisible from a building’s exterior, providing a consistent appearance of fixed lites.

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Helping schools see the light: data reveals daylighting’s importance in education

Construction Specifier

Daylight, and how it is balanced, manipulated, and utilized, is one of the primary design considerations facing school architects. But if we can get the majority of the classrooms facing north and south, that really is a first important step for getting good, balanced daylighting in the classroom.”. Abundantly Clear Data.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Mostafa Saber, BIM & Design Manager at Diamond Developers

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Digital technology tools today have changed the face of what it means to be in construction by enabling cloud collaboration, improving workforce productivity and making sustainable practices easy to achieve. For example, daylight—a quick daylight analysis could prove that your design doesn’t have enough daylight or has too much glare.

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Reframing and repurposing daylight through adaptive reuse

Construction Specifier

Architects, equipped with innovative techniques such as daylighting, can introduce a multitude of benefits with this technology that extend beyond mere aesthetic enhancements. The post Reframing and repurposing daylight through adaptive reuse appeared first on Construction Specifier.

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Dragons and daylight: Maximizing sunlight and climate control with TDDs

Construction Specifier

Recently, with the help of tubular daylighting technology, their home enclosure has been transformed to successfully meet their distinctive health and wellness needs. The post Dragons and daylight: Maximizing sunlight and climate control with TDDs appeared first on Construction Specifier.

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5 things AEC pros need to know about low-e glass

BD+C

By controlling solar heat gain and promoting daylighting, they help buildings use less energy for temperature control and lighting, while adding the human benefits associated with outdoor views and more pleasant working and living environments.

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Most daylight harvesting schemes fall short of performance goals, says study

BD+C

Analysis of daylighting control systems in 20 office and public spaces in Minnesota and Wisconsin shows that while the automatic daylight harvesting schemes are helping to reduce lighting energy in the buildings, most are not achieving optimal performance, according to a new study by the Energy Center of Wisconsin (ECW).