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Construction standards, techniques and certifications
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11-22-2014, 02:20 PM (This post was last modified: 11-22-2014, 02:21 PM by BuildingScout.)
To open up the proceedings here's the proper use of glass to produce an environmentally superior building. It is based in the concept of a building within a building. The R-values for such construction are out of this world as we are talking anywhere between 3 and 20 feet of air insulation between the heated structure and the unheated exterior glass wall.

[Image: usa-2934-rep.jpg?c=2014-03-28_13-31-22]

[Image: usa-erco-lufthansa-aviation-center-intro...8_12-53-46]

That is the Lufthansa Aviation center in Dusseldorf
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RE: Construction standards, techniques and certifications - by BuildingScout - 11-22-2014, 02:20 PM

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