AEC Webinars
The AEC offers webinars aimed at educating engineers and designers on the advantages of and practical considerations for designing with aluminum extrusions.
ALExtrusionTech Webinars
Our new series, Aluminum Extrusion Tech, is intended to inform and educate those with some knowledge of aluminum extrusions but who are interested in a more technical focus. Look for this logo identifying these advanced-level webinars.
Upcoming Webinars
Understanding - and Managing - the Carbon Intensity of Extruded Aluminum Components
August 7, 2024
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
Focusing on the theme "Detailing High Performance Facades: Strategy, Specifications, and Advanced Cladding Materials", the Aluminum Extruders Council is participating in the CE|Strong Midwest Virtual Workshop on August 7, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Central Time. Participants have the potential to earn 5 LU/HSW credits for the Virtual Workshop.
Credit type: 1 AIA HSW LU
Provider: Aluminum Extruders Council
Presented by Brent Slaton and Kassandra Spencer, LEED Green Associate, of Keymark Corporation
AEC will be presenting:
Understanding - and Managing - the Carbon Intensity of Extruded Aluminum Components
August 7, 2024
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CT
Aluminum extrusion-based products have a proven history in commercial buildings. Whether in façade systems, window framing, entrance doors, sun shades or interior components like light shelves and moveable partitions, extrusions have offered specifiers strength, durability, a wide range of aesthetics and often enhanced energy efficiency.
Yet extrusions have a downside as well - embodied carbon.
Aluminum is regarded as the third most significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in construction, trailing concrete and steel. While aluminum’s GHG is significantly less than those materials, it is important to understand how it can be minimized.
This presentation will explore aluminum extrusions’ impact on GHG: what drives it, and what the specifier can do to minimize it.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key drivers of aluminum extrusions’ embodied carbon
- Assess the most recent EPD data for aluminum extrusions
- Analyze trade-offs between various extrusion characteristics and finishes
- Employ strategies to minimize the embodied carbon from extrusions in their projects
Join us for an enlightening session!
Achieving Higher Performance Facades
Panel: Tom Culp, PhD, Birchpoint Consulting; Darijo Babic, Guardian Glass; Bill Blazek, Technoform; Stacey Hooper, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NBBJ Design; Barb Johnson, Hydro Extrusions North America; Matt Kamper, Woodbridge Glass, Inc./Werner Systems Inc. It's easy to say we want high performance façades for our commercial, hospitality and institutional projects … but often it is a challenge to bring this to fruition, balancing the considerations of energy efficiency, occupant well-being, budget et al. This panel – all key players in achieving façade solutions –discuss façade trends, performance objectives, and the role that each of their specialties – glass, aluminum, thermal management, design, installation – will play. High-performance aluminum extrusion-based façades is an example of how energy efficiency, occupant health, and well-being can be achieved together.
THE POWER OF THE HOLLOW: USING HOLLOW ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS TO MEET VEHICLE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES
You are likely familiar with the fundamentals of the extrusion process and how extrusions can be applied in automotive applications. This webinar will move beyond the fundamentals, addressing how to leverage the ability to create more complex profiles that "put the metal where it is needed" to meet particularly demanding applications.
Aluminum Extrusions & High Performance Building Envelopes: Still the Answer
This program will explore the challenges in designing contemporary building envelopes. Potential conflicts in simultaneous objectives of achieving aesthetics, energy efficiency, sustainability, longevity, and occupant health and safety will be discussed. In addition, how best to assess the energy efficiency of alternative window/window wall configurations will be reviewed. Advances in thermal barrier materials and extrusion profile design – in conjunction with energy efficient glazing – will be shown, illustrating how these systems can provide window and curtain wall designs that meet or exceed more demanding energy codes while providing the daylighting and minimal sight lines that users and designers desire.