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Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Spotlight awards: Airshade: A thermo-responsive shading system

In an era where energy efficiency and sustainable design are becoming more central to architectural innovations, technologies like the Airshade system have emerging as practical solutions for improving comfort in external and internal environments.

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Spotlight Façade Awards: Embracing Digital Innovation in Façade Engineering: FAT PAnDA by Ramboll

Embracing Digital Innovation in Façade Engineering: FAT PAnDA by Ramboll

Article category: News
Published on: 01 Jan 01

Spotlight Academia: Evaluating the safety of monolithic toughened glass as an infill panel in a balustrade

For 15 years, CWCT guidance for glazed balustrades has been to use laminated safety glass capable of providing containment. This guidance has been widely followed. The introduction of the ‘ban’ on combustible materials in certain buildings prohibits the use of laminated glass as a balustrade, with the risk that designers will instead turn to monolithic toughened glass, which does not provide containment when broken.