Discussion about Openings in Construction

Discussion about Openings in Construction

  1. Discuss the role of glass that faces each of the principal directions of the compass in adding solar heat to an air-conditioned office building in summer. How should windows be treated on each of these façades to minimize summertime solar heat gain?
  2. In what ways does a typical building code regulate the use of glass and why?
  3. Lastly, choose one week out of the five weeks we covered and briefly (100 words minimum) discuss your knowledge-gained in that particular week (must share knowledge-learned for all chapters in that particular week. For example, if you choose week # 1, you must talk about Chapters 1-3 and so on for the other weeks).

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