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Building Knowledge and Connections AEC Daily offers the following Online Continuing Education courses at our Online Learning Center. These courses are available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and are registered with AIA, GBCI, IDCEC and many more organizations. Inside this Edition:
McNICHOLS Company | Major Industries, Inc. | DaVinci Roofscapes | Tectum Inc. | Bristolite Daylighting Systems, Inc. | Subscription Info 
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McNICHOLS Company |
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McNICHOLS COMPANY has 18 locations throughout North America, all specializing in products with holes in them. Products, such as Perforated Metal, Wire Mesh and Expanded Metal, are distinct yet have similar properties like an open area. In addition, McNICHOLS carries all types and styles of Bar, Plank and Safety Gratings; Stair Treads; Handrail Components; and Fiberglass Grating and Structural Components. |
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Major Industries, Inc. |
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Major Industries, Inc. is a leading provider of daylighting systems. Our specific mission is to provide building owners with quality natural sunlight at levels suitable for their building application. Major Industries offers a consulting approach to your daylighting needs. Our unique position as America’s only full-line manufacturer of custom-engineered skylights and translucent curtainwall allows us to offer the correct product for your application without compromise. Our glazing options include glass, acrylic, polycarbonate multi-wall, or energy efficient insulated translucent glazing panels. Standard and custom skylights provide beautiful natural light, easy installation, energy efficiency, and affordably. |
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DaVinci Roofscapes |
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DaVinci Roofscapes, based in Kansas City, Kansas, has been manufacturing award-winning synthetic slate and shake roofing since 1999. DaVinci’s revolutionary polymer shingles offer homeowners and contractors the authentic colors and natural textures of quarried slate or rough-hewn cedar shake. |
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The FRESH Approach to Choosing Exterior Colors |
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Provides an overview of the FRESH approach; a strategic method used for the selection of colors for the exterior of buildings. The course focuses on both residential and commercial design considerations, and details the steps to follow in the color selection process to achieve a harmonious design.
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Tectum Inc. |
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Manufacturing cementitious wood fiber acoustical products for over 50 years. |
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Building Knowledge and Connections AEC Daily offers the following Online Continuing Education courses at our Online Learning Center. These courses are available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and are registered with AIA, GBCI, IDCEC and many more organizations. Inside this Edition:
Fox Blocks, A Division of Airlite Plastics Company | MovinCool / DENSO Products and Services Americas, Inc. | Bendheim Wall Systems | KONE | SnoBlox - SnoJax | Subscription Info
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Fox Blocks, A Division of Airlite Plastics Company |
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Fox Blocks Insulating Concrete Form Wall Systems provide an extremely energy efficient building envelope offering superior strength, sound, air quality, and well insulated walls. Fox Blocks ICF building blocks is a division of Airlite Plastics Company, The Company produces roughly 1.6 billion molded units a year. |
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MovinCool / DENSO Products and Services Americas, Inc. |
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MovinCool, the original portable air conditioner, provides cooling solutions for any heat problem. MovinCool's portability, versatility and economy has proven itself everywhere from offices and computer rooms to hospitals and laboratories to factories and warehouses. DENSO Sales California Inc., the pioneer of spot cooling, has manufactured MovinCool for over 25 years. |
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Spot Cooling: Performance Attributes & Applications |
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Provides an overview of spot cooling, it’s appropriate uses and benefits, including the cooling of people, equipment, and processes. The course describes various spot cooling options, compares air-cooled and water-cooled units, and discusses the advantages of portable and ceiling-mount spot cooling.
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Bendheim Wall Systems |
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Bendheim Wall Systems, Inc. is North America’s leader in channel glass wall systems and the exclusive distributor of Lamberts LINIT channel glass. Lamberts channel glass can reach heights of 23 feet, tempered or annealed, and is available in six surface textures, low iron, with specialized coatings, or in hundreds of enameled colors. Pocket glazed into Bendheim Frame Systems, the glass meets stringent performance standards for interior and exterior wall systems. It contains up to 40% of post-consumer recycled content, and is one of “Sustainable Industries” 2008 Top 10 Green Building Products. |
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Designing Safe & Sustainable Buildings with Channel Glass Wall Systems |
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This presentation examines the structural properties and design benefits of channel glass wall systems and their contributions to safer and increasingly sustainable buildings. Discussions cover the raw materials used in the production of channel glass, channel glass textures, thermal performance coatings and insulation materials that improve the building's energy efficiency, as well as a number of LEED® project case studies demonstrating how channel glass wall systems can directly contribute to a building's sustainability goals.
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KONE |
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KONE is one of the leading companies in the global elevator and escalator business. We develop, manufacture, install, modernize and service elevators, escalators and autowalks. Our company also seeks growth from servicing automatic building doors. |
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Building Knowledge and Connections AEC Daily offers the following Online Continuing Education courses at our Online Learning Center. These courses are available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and are registered with AIA, GBCI, IDCEC and many more organizations. Inside this Edition:
Tile Redi | Technoform NA | Kohler Co. | Whirlpool Corporation | Bristolite Daylighting Systems, Inc. | Subscription Info
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Tile Redi |
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Tile Redi® is the inventor of Tile Ready® brand shower products and offers the industry’s largest selection of easy-to-install water proof and leak proof, one-piece, Ready-to-Tile™ products including: shower pans in a variety of models and sizes, shower shelves, shower seats, and shaving steps. |
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Technoform NA |
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As the industry leader in thermal insulation, TGI-Spacer allows your fenestration systems to deliver superior thermal performance results. Our spacer meets or exceeds the toughest global standards for condensation resistance, durability, UV resistance, fogging, volatiles and moisture penetration. Technoform's Bautec Structural Insulating Strips provides superior thermal insulation and structural strength for aluminum windows and curtain walls, making Technoform the leading global supplier of thermal break systems. |
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The Future of High-Performance Fenestration |
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Provides an overview of fenestration systems that incorporate thermally broken frames, enhanced glass coatings, and high performance warm edge spacers, as well as a discussion on energy, codes/regulations and the impact of high performance fenestration on sustainability.
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Kohler Co. |
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The KOHLER family of businesses extends far beyond the kitchen and bath, to collectively offer the finest in furniture and accessories, cabinetry and tile, engines and generators, as well as resort, recreation, and real estate opportunities. |
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Plumbing Products Contribution to Water Conservation |
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Highlights the importance of plumbing products in overall water conservation efforts, and how environmentally conscious fixtures and faucets address the challenging demands of specifying products to meet the criteria of LEED® initiatives, reduce facility operating costs or accommodate the preferences of homeowners.
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Sustainable Bath & Kitchen Design |
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Provides an overview of the importance of water conservation, the components of a green building, methods to improve the water and energy efficiency of the average home, as well as discussions on green product selection and related certification programs.
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Whirlpool Corporation |
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Benton Harbor, Mich.-based Whirlpool Corporation is a leading manufacturer of major home appliances, delivering the most recognized and trusted appliance brands to builders, architects, remodelers, designers and consumers. |
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Appliance Performance Beyond ENERGY STAR® |
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Provides an overview of emerging efficiency standards and technology advancements related to different household appliances, and how energy efficient appliances can contribute to certification under some national green building certification programs.
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Bristolite Daylighting Systems, Inc. |
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Industry leading manufacturer of Green Building Technology (GBT) unit and customs skylights and smoke vents that meet all energy codes in all climate zones. Daylighting Experts with Engineered Efficiency - Our mission at Bristolite is to provide our customers with the highest quality products and supreme service at an exceptional value. We also aim to provide the industry with an abundance of accurate and useful information relative to daylighting and energy conservation. We take our corporate responsibility to our employees, associates, industry colleagues and customers very seriously and we see ourselves as stewards for the efficient use of sustainable carbon free energy. We welcome you to our website and hope you find our growing Architectural Library and other resources available here of interest and value. |
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