Attn Architects: Blueprint for Collaboration

Attn Architects: Blueprint for Collaboration
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Date: 28 August 2024

A Day Inside Glass and Fenestration for the Design Community

Industry trends and forecasts take center stage on the first day of Main Stage programming. Architects are invited to the GlassBuild show floor for a day of glass industry-focused AIA accredited programming. Earn up to 5.0 LUs.

Schedule of Events (as of 8/26; subject to change)

10:30 am - 11:30 am 

Industry Trends Roundtable: High-Performance Solutions

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Stephen Selkowitz, principal of Stephen Selkowitz Consultants and affiliate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Jonathan Hafemann, vice president, commercialization and growth, NEXT Energy Technologies
  • Kayla Natividad, architectural technical service engineer, NSG Pilkington North America
  • Andrew Zech, CEO, Alpen High Performance Products Alpen

11:45 am - 1:15 pm

Keynote: Case Studies in Collaboration

Lunch and Learn

Join representatives from prominent glazing contractor Giroux Glass and their project team partners as they discuss the challenges and successes on recent innovative projects.

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Codes and Standards Update

Speakers:

  • Urmilla Sowell, vice president, advocacy and technical services, National Glass Association
  • Tom Culp, owner of Birch Point Consulting, NGA code consultant

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm

NREL American-Made Building Envelope Innovation Prize Winners

Speakers:

  • Sam Petty, technology manager, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building Technologies Office
  • Emily Welp, project manager & lead, American-Made Program, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Keynote: Forecast Outlook

Speakers:

  • Connor Lokar, senior forecaster, ITR Economics
  • Chris Beard, Director of Building Products Research for John Burns Research and Consulting.

4:15 pm - 4:55 pm

Residential Fenestration Trends: Performance innovations and security screens

Speakers:

  • Amy Becker, FGIA Glass Products Specialist
  • Jason Seals, FGIA Certification Services Manager, Fenestration

See the Complete Schedule 

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