In a new video, available on the company website, Viracon interviews architects, daylighting consultants and building professionals to explore strategies for balancing daylight, comfort and energy eff…
In a new video, available on the company website, Viracon interviews architects, daylighting consultants and building professionals to explore strategies for balancing daylight, comfort and energy efficiency. “Through the advancement of architectural glass design, we“ve discovered that daylighting is not about letting the maximum amount of light in. Instead, it“s about letting the right amount of light in,” says Don McCann, architectural design manager at Viracon. “We created the video to raise awareness about the issue and highlight strategies architects and building owners can use to balance daylighting and energy efficiency, especially when it comes to achieving LEED certification.” Through interviews with architects and daylighting consultants, the Viracon video explores ways of “right-sizing” glass for daylighting. Design experts discuss the use of glazing tools such as silk-screening, coatings on the #2 surface, tinted substrates, different high-performance coatings and varied glass configurations to achieve the optimal amount of visible light and energy performance. The video can be viewed at www.viracon.com by clicking on “Multimedia.” Viracon is based in Owatonna, Minnesota, and has facilities in Statesboro, Georgia, St. George, Utah and Nazar Paulista, Brazil. Viracon produces high-performance glass products, including tempered, laminated, insulating, silk-screened and high-performance coatings, for North American and international markets.