Daylighting Using Skylights and Translucent Wall Systems
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In addition to being an effective alternative to artificial lighting options, daylighting provides a wide range of other benefits for the building and the health and comfort of its occupants. This course addresses achieving daylighting in building design using skylights and translucent wall systems. This program includes discussions on the basics of daylighting, glazing options, daylighting methods, creative design, and the environmental benefits of daylighting systems.
Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:
- Explain how taking a building’s function into account when incorporating daylighting into your design can affect the building’s energy efficiency and occupant productivity and physical, emotional, and social well-being.
- Describe skylight and translucent wall system daylighting methods, their key features and benefits, and how they can be creatively incorporated to enhance the design of a space.
- Describe the ways glazing selection affects product costs and long-term durability, and the indoor environment in respect to solar heat gain, glare, and line-of-sight protection.
- Discuss how daylighting reduces energy consumption and can offer building occupants outdoor views and the opportunity to control ventilation, benefiting occupants and the environment and contributing to green building ratings.
Approximately 1 hour. Delivered online, at your own pace.
Presented by David Nyseth on behalf of Major Industries, Inc.. View the Privacy Policy .
Presenter Information
Name: David Nyseth
Title: National Sales Manager, Major Industries, Inc.
Background: David has over 18 years of construction, construction management, sales, and sales management experience to guide him to success. A native of western Wisconsin, his career began when he took his first job building commercial buildings while in college. Four years later, he graduated with a bachelor's degree of science in construction from the nationally accredited construction management school, University of Wisconsin—Stout. He has held a wide variety of positions in both sales and management, from site superintendent and project manager to regional manager and now national sales manager, as his interest in learning something new about building materials and practices has no end. In his current position he oversees both an inside and an outside sales force as well as a large rep network, where providing educational information for the design, specification, and construction of translucent skylights and curtainwall for the architectural industry is a primary goal. He is a member of CSI, has earned his CDT, and is currently studying for his LEED® GA exam.
