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Home›Latest News›Glass Entrances: The New Favorite Among Architects

Glass Entrances: The New Favorite Among Architects

By Jamie Bullock
July 9, 2018
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If you’re looking to build a new home, it could be hard for you to find a designer or architect who wouldn’t want an all-glass system. Why exactly is that?

C.R Lawrence, the owner of CRL US Aluminium, believes that architects prefer using more glass and less metal not just because of the aesthetic effect but for the unobstructed daylight view it gets. It’s also why architects need to ensure that they have partnered with the best manufacturers to give them access to high-quality entrance systems. Speed and quality, after all, go hand in hand. A good manufacturing company should be able to deliver the most popular, and high tech door rails. It’s similar to how you would play casino games online. You wouldn’t want to forget using your LottoGo voucher code, right?

The Designing Challenges

Sure, architects could want an all glass system with energy codes.

However, here is the bummer – it is not always that easy for architects and designers to get and install high stringent energy codes to a building. There is a need to integrate the energy codes into a holistic approach. The end result should be to minimize the loss of heat. The CLTC 24 poses a great challenge to the whole idea of the architectural process.

They have a high demand and require heavy doors of substandard quality. This poses a problem to the architect as they have to face the burden of having to select standard aluminium doors that are not attractive at all. The CLTC 24 is there to help designers improve on the energy codes simply.

Architects have the challenge of installing thermal doors that also have an aesthetic effect. Building energy codes will assure of the building’s occupants of their safety. It is pretty clear that the future of an all broken thermal system uses Insulating Glass (IG).

How can IG Help?

IG is a pair of two glass panes with a layer of inert gases. These gases are krypton and argon. The present thickness between the gases is 12mm. The IG units are highly recommended because of several advantages:

  • They reduce heat gain and heat loss in the building.
  • Less heat reduction will ultimately result in low power consumption to heat or cool the building.
  • The inert gases act as a barrier thus not allowing any noise and improve the acoustic effect of the building.

IG units are at the peak, especially in Green buildings. They have reduced even the carbon print in buildings, which is ultimately good with the greenhouse effect going on. CRL Aluminium has come with a solution to even mounting hardware on this IG unit doors. This assures the building’s occupants of safety.

Architects are highly advised to pay attention to local energy codes. If they are specific in nature they will tend to vary from region to region. More so they should contact the authority having jurisdiction since a lot of states are about to enforce rigorous energy codes.

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