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External Shading Devices in Commercial Buildings
The Air Movement and Control Association International (AMCA) has released
a technical paper titled External Shading Devices in Commercial Buildings -
The
Impact on Energy Use, Peak Demand and Glare Control, which explains the benefits
of sunshade devices, and the impact of external shading devices on energy use,
peak demand, and glare conditions in commercial office buildings.
AMCA International collaborated with John Carmody and Kerry Haglund from
the Center for Sustainable Building Research at the University of Minnesota,
developing
a technical publication detailing the benefits of sunshade devices (louvers).
The new publication has been completed with the help and guidance from AMCA
International’s
Standard 530 committee members.
The publication highlights the impact of shading devices used in commercial
buildings facing east, south, and west orientations of both large and moderate
window areas
in the differentiating climates of six cities. The publication will be an
invaluable resource for designers, helping to quickly narrow the range of possibilities,
interpreting the approximate impacts in commercial office buildings in order
to provide general guidance during early stages of design.
External Shading Devices in Commercial Buildings is published by AMCA International
and is available for download on the AMCA website at www.amca.org.
For more information regarding this publication, please contact Tim Orris
at 847-394-0150 or by email at torris@amca.org.
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