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    FREE Green Building Webinar: Daylighting by Design, June 3, 12 pm EDT

  • 3 June 2020
  • Start time : 12:00 PM
  • End time : 01:00 PM
  • Event Host : GreenCE Sustainable Design Education
designed light control system and how to make it work for your project's natural-lighting and shading needs
Event Description

This course discusses the benefits of a thoughtfully-designed light control system and how to make it work for your project's natural-lighting and shading needs. The discussion emphases implementing design methods including specification of technologies such sun shades and canopy systems that creates that useful and aesthetically-pleasing daylight systems. Designing to not only minimize solar hear gain and sunlight, but to successfully re-purpose it for great environmental and aesthetic function. LEED credits associated with specifying sun shade and daylighting canopy systems are also discussed.

Learning Objectives: 

  1. Discuss the role of sun shade devices in passive and identify how canopies and awnings can contribute to a holistic sustainable building envelope.
  2. Identify which LEED credits sun shades and architectural canopies might contribute toward.
  3. Define daylighting and discuss its role in positive building design, while identifying the benefits of properly controlled natural light.
  4. List design considerations for glass and polycarbonate canopy systems

  • Host Company/Organization Name
    • GreenCE Sustainable Design Education
  • Speakers / Presenters
    • Steve Strandridge
      MASA Architectural Canopies
      Public Relations / Marketing
      Steve provides continuing education by presenting on the positive environmental impacts of canopy and sun shade systems across the country. He is also responsible for public relations and marketing at MASA, where he runs comprehensive social media networking and campaigns. He also produces MASA’s YouTube videos. Steve’s background is in journalism and media.
  • Sponsors
    • The leader in extruded aluminum canopy, aluminum frame, store, hanger rod and custom canopy systems. Providing innovative environmental control through creative design, MASA Architectural Canopies represents an exciting approach to the pre-engineered building components market and is always pro-active to expand industry trends and designs. MASA’s broad knowledge separates them from the cookie-cutter fabricators to an elite level of custom design and build manufacturers. From start to finish, design through installations, MASA provides superior execution required during each phase of your project to produce top-quality canopy systems. When quality counts, you can count on MASA.
  • Event type
    • Online/Webinar

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