Green building design continues to grow. Design professionals can select from a range of options that provide daylighting, control energy use and improve environments … all to help earn LEED credits.
Status: Gold
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Architect: CO Architects
Product: Pilkington Profilit™ translucent channel glass system
Description: Channel glass diffuses soft, even daylight for students and teachers.
Status: Gold
Location: Bolingbrook, IL
Architect: Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKay Penney Architect's LTD
Product: SteelBuilt Curtainwall Infinity™ System
Description: Expansive curtain wall diffuses daylight to improve interior environments and control energy consumption.
Status: Gold
Location: Snoqualmie, WA
Architect: Callison
Product: Pilkington Profilit™ translucent channel glass system; SteelBuilt Curtainwall Infinity™ System
Description: Daylighting strategies maximize use of outside light to reduce energy consumption and lighting requirements.
Status: Gold
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Architect: Leo A. Daly Architects
Product: Pilkington Profilit™ translucent channel glass system
Description: Vibrant channel glass system adds style in LEED gold renovation.
Status: Platinum
Location: Dallas, TX
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and Corgan Associates
Product: SteelBuilt Curtainwall Infinity™ System and SteelBuilt Window & Door® Systems
Description: Large steel curtain wall system enables greater free spans of glazing and daylight.
Status: Gold
Location: Olympia, WA
Architect: Mahlum Architects
Product: Pilkington Profilit™ translucent channel glass system
Description: Channel glass takes advantage of borrowed light to reduce need for artificial lighting.
Status: Silver
Location: Trumbull, CT
Architect: JCJ Architecture
Product: SteelBuilt Curtainwall Infinity™ SSG System
Description: A specialty steel curtain wall system with large spans of glazing allows natural light to enter the hallway in front of the auditorium, pass through a second layer of curtain wall and help illuminate the performing area.
Technical Glass Products' architectural glass and framing systems can help building and design teams earn credits in the current (2009) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)® for New Construction and Major Renovations*. While there is no guarantee that LEED credits will be awarded by using TGP products in your project, it is possible they can help contribute towards the following:
Thermal performance is an essential aspect of green building and obtaining LEED certification. Please consult product literature or contact TGP for project-specific U-values and other information. TGP offers a wide-range of low-e, anti-solar and spectrally selective coatings, as well as Lumira® aerogel insulation to meet thermal performance requirements. TGP also offers thermally enhanced steel framing to help reduce heat flow and improve thermal performance.