Designing for Sustainability in Division 8: Architectural Aluminum Framing

Join us for an overview of how standard architectural aluminum framing products offered in Division 8: Glass & Glazing can be a key element of a design team''s LEED strategy. Standard components offered in architectural aluminum framing products can be major drivers for potential points in three categories: Energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality.

Learning Objectives

  1. Explore differences between product certification and whole building certification.
  2. Discuss environmental product declarations and building product disclosures.
  3. Find out how framing-system energy performance impacts whole-building sustainability performance.
  4. Evaluate strategies for daylighting, views, shading, and sound transmission along with their impact on sustainability performance.

  • Sneh Kumar,
    Director, Global Sustainability & ESG? Kawneer Company, Inc. - Kawneer