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RPC can provide continuing education programs online via the manufacturers' training programs, online with Zoom/Team software or in-person at your office. See your options below. Use the form to the right to arrange an online or in-person presentation by RPC personnel.
Links to on-line learning presentations can be found here:
List of current presentations to be conducted in person or virtual meeting:
- Benefits of Daylighting – How natural light impacts schools and students, manufacturing and commercial settings, and improves sales in retail environments
- Products and Process – An overview of the materials that make up a translucent panel system and how they are constructed
- Glazing Comparisons – How translucent systems compare to other common glazing materials
- Translucent Daylighting Applications – Review the benefits translucent systems can provide in wall, canopy and skylight applications, as well as how they can impact retail settings, schools, libraries and more
- Specialty Applications – Examine the custom design options available with translucent systems, including blast protection, hurricane resistance, removable skylights and mixed glazed systems
- Design Considerations – How you can get the most benefit out of a translucent panel system
- Green Building and Sustainability – A look at how translucent panel systems, their sustainable design aspects, and how they can be integrated into LEED® certification goals
- Loads, Codes and Myths –common misconceptions about daylighting, and some notes on building codes and recommended loads
- Make-up of a Translucent Panel – An overview of the materials that make up a translucent panel system and how they are constructed
- Finish Options – what’s available in the market and how they differ
- Product Testing – how to know if a product can achieve stated performance
- Translucent Daylighting Applications – Review the benefits translucent systems can provide in wall, canopy and skylight applications, as well as how they can impact retail settings, schools, and more
- Sustainable Design Opportunities – A look at sustainable design aspects and how they can be integrated into LEED® certification goals, as well as energy modelling and analysis
- Specialty Applications – A look at a variety of high-performance options available when utilizing translucent panel systems: topics will include blast protection systems and their benefits, hurricane resistant systems and systems for high wind areas, the benefits of removable skylights and some practical uses, the versatility of unitized systems and the benefits of mixed glazed systems
- Discuss factors influencing the adoption of daylighting in building codes; review daylighting requirements in current building codes; learn how to effectively incorporate daylighting into buildings based on the application.
- Learn how technological advancements within the unit skylight category will further increase energy savings, enhance interior aesthetics, reduce site-service issues, and influence lighting designs.
- Learn how technological advancements within the monument & architectural metal frame skylight category have reduced service issues, provided labor-saving solutions, and better energy performance.
- Learn how technological advancements within the tubular daylighting device category will improve energy savings, reduce upfront costs, and increase product lifecycles.
- Define the 12 characteristics of a High Performance School as defined by the EPA
- Understand how proper daylighting impacts the areas defined as Health, Thermal and Visual Comfort, Energy Efficiency and Commissioning
- Identify the key design considerations for proper daylighting
- Identity toplighting and skylighting strategies and components
- Understand new innovations in high performance and dynamic glazing
- Understand the basic tools available for successful commissioning
- Define polycarbonate glazing and understand the broad range of available high-performance polycarbonate glazing systems.
- Explain why polycarbonate glazing systems improve occupant health, safety, and welfare when compared to alternatives. .
- Understand how integrating polycarbonate glazing into a whole building design process can help achieve green building objectives, maximize design flexibility and improve overall aesthetics. .
- Explain why polycarbonate glazing is the most durable glazing option, resulting in decreased maintenance costs and increased service life. .
- Discuss the broad range of commercial applications where designers have successfully incorporated polycarbonate glazing.
- Review code approved daylight calculations to identify the correct skylight and spacing criteria for any top daylighting design. We will review the skylight to floor ratio (SFR) calculation, the Effective Aperture (AE) calculation, and the recommended spacing criteria for top daylighting designs.
- Analyze how technological advancements within the monument/architectural metal frame skylight category has reduced service issues, provided labor-saving solutions, and better energy performance.
- During this course, you will learn how technological advancements within the unit skylight category will further increase energy savings, increase interior aesthetics, reduce site-service issues, and influence top lighting designs.
- Analyze how technological advancements within the tubular daylighting device category will improve energy savings, reduce labor cost, and increase occupants’ wellbeing.
Description:
Throughout this course on Unitized Structural Skylights, we will review the popularity of unitized curtain walls, how it transformed vertical glazing, and an introduction to a 21st century innovation for unitized structural skylights. This presentation will dive into the benefits and design features modular daylighting brings to the efficiency of a building and its Occupants.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss factors influencing unitized curtain walls and how it transformed commercial architecture. Learn the benefits a unitized system brings, and how it has now become a solution for structural skylights.
- Learn how technological advancements within the unitized skylight category will further design options with natural ventilation and glare control.
- Pair the advantages of daylighting and natural ventilation into benefits to the building and its systemic advantages.
- Pair the advantages of daylighting and natural ventilation into benefits to the occupants.
- Critique a gallery of existing projects for best practice and design inspiration.
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- The People of RPC
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