Tuesday Talks: Marvin Windows

Fiberglass Composites in the Window and Door Industry

Maribel Zimmerman, Architectural Representative for Marvin Windows and Doors offered this continuing education program to help our staff understand how fiberglass, a composite material, provides superior and sustainable performance. The program explained the pultrusion process and its environmental impact and how it explores the characteristics and thermal properties of fiberglass. Thanks to Maribel for an excellent program!

Mr. Geodesic Dome

Today is the birthday of geodesic dome designer, Buckminster Fuller. This Thursday, July 12th marks the 107th anniversary of the famed architect and author.

Lighting Seminars

Hector Rene Garcia (Architect/Partner) and Christopher R. Collins (Architect) of Mata-Garcia Architects LLP attended the LED Lighting and Lighting Controls Roadshow in San Antonio on July 11, 2012. The event was sponsored by our friends at Spectrum Lighting Inc. at the Center for Architecture at the Pearl.

Seminars Presented:

INTELLIGENT LIGHTING FOR EXTERIOR SPACES: by Mark Sheppard. This presentation covered outdoor lighting codes and practices. It also identified the pros and cons of outdoor sources LED, HID, etc.; and showed how controls can affect and compliment outdoor projects.

LED LIGHTING EDUCATION FOR SPECIFIERS:  by Tom Scott. This program gave us an overview of factors related to effective lighting design using Solid State Lighting. Attention was given to the advantages of this new technology in architectural and general lighting applications as well as the science of LEDs and how this new technology can be used to provide a superior energy saving solution in the lit environment without compromising a quality lighting design.

DAYLIGHT HARVESTING LIGHTING CONTROL APPLICATIONS: by Richard Hormuth. This exciting program delivered an overview of daylight harvesting. Attention was given to terminology, applications, zoning, and circuiting, daylight entering the space, photo-sensors, open and closed loop, and electrical light reduction.

THE POWER OF DIGITAL LIGHTING AND CONTROLS – SMART AND SIMPLE: by Bill Ballweg. This dynamic speaker offered a fundamental overview of the characteristics of LED digital lighting. Ballweg addressed the quality of illumination, how to create a digital lighting system, the long term cost benefits, and how using controls can reduce the carbon footprint.

A big thanks to Spectrum for sponsoring these excellent programs.