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We invite you to join us for our webinar series with a focus on healthcare projects. How we design the buildings where people go to receive care has never been more important. Patients, doctors, nurses and all healthcare workers deserve a thoughtfully constructed environment. Proper daylighting with Kalwall is proven to increase mood, boost energy levels, and help maintain circadian rhythms for overall improved body function. This is just the beginning. Learn more about how Kalwall can help you build healthy environments for hospitals, nursing homes, and other types of healthcare facilities.
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Learn the fundamentals of fire rated doors and applications. Determine proper applications for various fire/smoke requirements and confirm that codes and accessibility requirements are met.
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Overview of Dock Equipment options and solutions, to secure the dock opening and ensure the health safety and welfare of workers and building occupants for loading and unloading in these areas.
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In this course we will identify critical considerations for fire and smoke protection specific to vertical openings in a building. We will walk through keynotes, drawings, and details while diving into the codes and exploring implications and solutions surrounding design decisions for elevators and stairwells. Lastly, we will cover product selection and submittal requirements for your opening protection.
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Discuss the potential for high-resolution digital artwork in large-scale architectural applications. Explore production options and requirements of various architectural materials. Define how the concept of gigapixel photography addresses resolution and scale challenges. Describe the impact of transparency, reflectivity, and surrounding conditions on architectural glass showcasing gigapixel photography. List several architectural applications using gigapixel photography.
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Selecting energy-efficient fenestration products that promote comfort, daylighting and views, and natural ventilation while supporting environmental impact concerns can further discussions regarding resource efficiency, material manufacturing, waste reduction, and life-cycle impact. This course examines the attributes of thermally broken aluminum windows and doors and explains why they are energy-efficient, sustainable, fenestration products.
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The purpose of this course is to educate the architect/designer as to the benefits of using a high speed, high cycle door for parking applications. These benefits include but are not limited to; increased security and safety in the parking area, lower maintenance costs, energy savings and improved traffic flow.
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The course, ‘Sustainable Solutions for Sectional and Rolling Doors’ provides answers to these key question and more: 1) Can a commercial sectional door be green? 2) What are the attributes that make commercial sectional doors a sustainable solution? 3) Do commercial sectional doors contribute to LEED Points? What categories? 4) Are there examples of award winning sustainable designs using sectional doors?
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The design of laser-cut steel, thermally broken windows and doors was fueled by the need to produce a steel window and door that would meet the ever increasingly stringent energy efficiency building codes of today and tomorrow, while not losing any of the “classic-timeless” aesthetics that steel windows and doors have become known for. This course examines the fabrication, thermal performance, and design and finish options of steel windows and doors.
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Selecting materials and finishes is an integral part of specifying site furniture products. This course reviews typical conditions inherent to outdoor environments, along with the potential impact on materials, products and installed projects. A range of materials commonly used outdoors, including wood, metal, concrete and glass, is examined against a selection framework that compares conventional materials with high-performance options, and considers material durability, performance, aesthetics, and environmental impact. Several site furniture projects are also examined.
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In food and beverage applications, conditioned air control and productivity are critical. Join us in this one-hour course as we discuss high performance door solutions that address the unique needs of food and beverage manufacturing, processing, storage, and distribution facilities from dock to freezer and everything in between. Participants will learn key zones in a food and beverage manufacturing facility that benefit from high performance doors and how to address unique environmental conditions that impact performance, safety, and efficiency
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Our beautiful, soft daylighting not only helps to boost sales, but it also creates much more comfortable, energy-efficient spaces that customers, employees and building owners alike can all appreciate. Similarly, in corporate and professional office environments, balanced diffuse daylighting is preferred for its ability to enhance worker satisfaction, reduce absenteeism and boost staff productivity.
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This course will demonstrate the process of building custom laser-cut, thermally broken, steel windows and doors in a manufacturing environment from CAD drawing to finished product. The plant tour will guide the participant through every step in the design and fabrication process. It will illustrate the differences between the welded galvanized steel method and the laser cut stainless steel method.
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This course provides an overview of life safety dampers: fire, smoke, and combination fire/smoke dampers with a focus on different styles and types, their uses and benefits, and a discussion on proper installation practices and guidelines.
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The course, ‘Design with Aluminum Full View (AFV) Sectional Doors’ will answer these questions and more: 1) What are the potential applications and building types for AFV doors? 2) What are the options for installation type, panel/frame design, finishes, and glass? 3) Do AFV sectional doors qualify for LEED Points? 4) Are there custom variations when designing with AFV doors?
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Air control dampers are an essential component of a building’s HVAC system, regulating heating, cooling, and ventilation performance. Presented here is an introduction to control, balancing, backdraft, industrial, and multizone dampers; each type playing an important role in the HVAC system. Discussed are damper types, components, and performance metrics. Guidance is provided for damper specification, installation, and maintenance and inspection.
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An overview of the components, green features, and testing standards of fiberglass entry doors, as well as a comparison between the properties of fiberglass, wood, and steel doors.
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Learn about integrated door systems, sustainability, compliance, and code. Understand the importance of smoke and fire protection in various applications and vertical markets and how with the proper protection from integrated door systems you can save lives.
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Louvers are an essential part of every HVAC system, facilitating appropriate airflow and inhibiting unwanted penetration by water, snow, or debris through wall openings and into HVAC ductwork. However, they can have other purposes. Their simple design makes them a versatile addition and a unique style option to any project. This course presents the types, components, and applications of louvers, along with the primary specification considerations when selecting a louver solution.
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Considering gate hardware early in the design process enhances the aesthetics and functionality of perimeter security. Gate hardware balances durability, security, and ease-of-use without detracting from the design. This course examines latches, plain pivot and self-closing hinges, closers and accessories for swing gates, and wheels for sliding gates; it also offers guidance on specification and installation.
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Discover what safety and security features need to be understood when designing with sectional overhead doors, which product options are important when specifying for safety and security, what design solutions address wind-load and fire safety, and applicable industry certifications for installers.
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Smart access control and management systems are quickly gaining popularity in multi-family and multi-tenant properties, and the smart lock market is poised for rapid growth both domestically and internationally. Understanding how smart locks work can be advantageous for architects, specifiers, and construction professionals to help their clients design and develop properties with enhanced security, efficiency, and simplicity in access management. Smart locks are quickly moving beyond mechanical functions to create streamlined, efficient lifestyles. This course discusses the technology, features and benefits of smart locks while outlining current trends and options.
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The spread of smoke in mid- and high-rise building fires is recognized as a major threat to the safety of the building occupants and responding fire personnel and the effectiveness of firefighting operations. This course explains how smoke migrates in a multi-story building fire and discusses how building codes have evolved to address this danger and why they mandate smoke containment in specific areas of a structure. Product applications and assemblies designed to meet building code requirements and limit vertical smoke migration via elevator hoistways and lobbies are examined.
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This course discusses rolling door products, common applications, components of rolling doors and options and applications that impact the security, productivity and efficiency of an opening. It also covers options and applications that directly impact facility occupants health, safety and wellness including fire protection, insulation, air flow, air infiltration, visibility, light infiltration, wind load, aesthetics and many more
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The importance of keeping an intruder out of a building cannot be underestimated. Examined here are fenestration security risks, considerations, and solutions for educational, religious, commercial, and retail applications, as well as applicable performance testing and standards. The course provides an in-depth discussion on new, retrofit access-denial glazing systems that provide maximum protection against forced entry and ballistic threats.
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