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Emphasizing sunlight and views, windows and curtain walls transformed and expanded Harvard University’s Tozzer Anthropology Library into a collaborative learning space. For the Cambridge, Massachusetts project, the glazed assemblies were set in a staggered pattern throughout the brick- and copper-clad exterior, and installed as a sloped system to create a naturally illuminated interior light well. For its energy-efficient and environmentally sound design, the project earned Gold under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
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Lighting accounts for about 10 percent of the country’s energy usage, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Choosing the right lighting system is crucial when it comes to saving energy and reducing the carbon footprint of a building or campus. Thus, there has been a shift in developing technology that can integrate into the infrastructure of both ‘smart buildings’ and ‘smart cities.’
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October 19-21
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Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute
Louisville, Kentucky
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October 23-27
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American Concrete Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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October 26-28
Metalcon
PSMJ Resources/Metal Construction Association
Baltimore, Maryland
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January 18-20, 2017
The International Surface Event
Informa
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Glass has been used as a flooring material for more than a century. Glazed floor systems that function as a code-approved fire barrier between building levels, however, are new by comparison. Due to manufacturing advances, design professionals can specify fire-rated glass floor systems in a range of horizontal applications typically reserved for opaque fire- and heat-blocking materials. To find out more, check out our new e-book.
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MarinoWare helps build America. As a 100 percent wholly U.S.-owned and operated steel framing manufacturer, the company produces a complete line of steel construction products and services used in commercial building across the country.
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Federal, state, and local specifiers continually seek affordable, durable, and aesthetically pleasing wall solutions to border bustling highways and adjacent neighborhoods. The principal purpose of these is typically to provide citizens with a visual barrier to the highway and sometimes to mitigate traffic noise. Today, highway barriers cover thousands of miles of federal roadways. When the walls first began to appear in the 1960s, they were modeled after wooden fences. Now, things have changed—according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), almost half of the highway walls constructed in North America to date are made of concrete.
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