Meeting your Design and Performance Requirements – Lunch & Learn

Meeting your Design and Performance Requirements with Pultruded Fiberglass Windows and Doors
brought to you by American Cedar & Millwork

This course will familiarize you with the basic aspects of fiberglass composites, with a specific emphasis on pultruded fiberglass.  By examining the performance characteristics, durability and numerous environmental advantages of pultruded fiberglass, the course will outline the advantages of windows and doors made from pultruded fiberglass and use case studies to demonstrate applications across a wide variety of multi-family and commercial build environments where sustainability, durability and human experience are prioritized.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss how composite materials provide predictable, sustainable and superior performance characteristics over other materials.
• Explain the production of fiberglass composites and the advantages of the pultrusion process from a manufacturing and environmental perspective
• Identify the performance characteristics of windows and doors made from pultruded fiberglass and how they help meet the latest design trends that maximize light, air and views for building-user well-being
• Discuss finishes, AAMA certification and energy efficiency for pultruded fiberglass windows and doors
• Explore case studies of pultruded fiberglass windows and doors in various projects for performance, resiliency, and sustainability.

CE Credit: 1 LU/HSW
HSW Justification:
This new course is virtually identical to our PULFIBER19 which was approved for HSW designation. The learning objectives have largely remained the same but the case studies are updated and new for this version. As a composite, pultruded fiberglass is long-lasting, durable, high performing, and stable – all of which are positive aspects as a material used in windows and doors. The course content demonstrates how theses physical aspects of the windows and doors impact the well-being of the building occupants such as consistent operability of windows and doors to let in fresh air, large sizes to access views and outdoor spaces, strength of locking mechanisms for safety, and quality materials used in the window frames. Whether used in multi-family residential or other commercial buildings, newly constructed or remodeled, windows and doors made from pultruded fiberglass are resilient and provide many environmental advantages to the build environment.