Glass/aluminium facades

The project intends to provide 3-4 good examples of buildings with large glass faces with aluminium solutions and to communicate these examples widely to the industry with particular focus on (in prioritised order) architects, large clients/building owners and technical consultants. 

As far as possible, the examples should include different architects, architecture and types of commercial buildings, public buildings and shops. The examples should represent good architecture and be designed by good, well-esteemed architects and engineers. The examples should also function as a help especially for architects at the design of future buildings. 

The examples are based on building projects that are being designed according to the new energy regulations in the Danish Building Regulations. The design of the building projects should be so far advanced that layout, facade solution and installations should be agreed in general terms and energy performance documented by calculation in accordance with SBi Direction 213: Energy demand of buildings. 

The examples should focus on what possibilities exist regarding glass facades and aluminium solutions when complying with the energy regulations in the Building Regulations.  It is not the intention that the project assesses circumstances in the examples that are outside the framework of the new energy regulations for example conditions concerning indoor climate in specially exposed rooms, local needs for cooling, glare, draught problems etc. At selecting the examples of buildings, it should be taken into account that no evident problems concerning these conditions are present in the example for example because of lacking solar shading.