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  • Glass in GSA Buildings

    Embodied carbon in buildings is a key factor in building decarbonization and while it is generally small compared to operational carbon, the

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    Glass Spandrels and Shadow Boxes

    <p>Glass spandrels are a common design strategy utilized to opacify floor levels in building facades. These opaque glass assemblies are integrated…

  • Glass Balustrade Design

    <p>Glass handrail design in the United States lags behind best practice in other parts of the world. There can be as much as a factor of four (4)…

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    Glass Strength Under Point Loading

    <p>Structural glass is used in a range of building applications, and while the ASTM E1300 has recently been updated to provide a design method to…

  • Undulated Glass Self-shading

    The research is structured around complex optical effects of undulated glass and coatings that exhibit high reflectivity, especially at higher

  • The Glass Failure Prediction Model

    ASTM E 1300 Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance (LR) of Glass in Buildings defines the load resistance of a glass construction as being

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    Spandrel Glass Design

    <p>Currently, most spandrel glass in commercial curtain walls comprises insulating glass fabricated using an interior heat strengthened glass lite…

  • Contextualizing Glass and Carbon Impacts

    Climate change goals will require significant improvements in the way buildings are constructed and operated. Building reuse can combat climate

  • Bending Glass in the Parametric Age

    Manipulations of glass that have long seemed speculative are becoming possible with combinations of hot or cold bending, thermal or chemical tempering, and lamination.