Open AccessArchitectural glass: Types, performance and legislation
Author(s) -
Jelena Savić,
Danijela Đurić-Mijović,
Veliborka Bogdanović
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
facta universitatis. series: architecture and civil engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0860
pISSN - 0354-4605
DOI - 10.2298/fuace1301035s
Subject(s) - legislation , architectural engineering , efficient energy use , laminated glass , engineering , forensic engineering , civil engineering , law , materials science , composite material , political science , electrical engineering , layer (electronics)
Glass is an ancient building material, which facilitated penetration of light into buildings. Once it was used exclusively for window panes, whereas nowadays there are examples of structures made of glass only. Apart from the traditional non-bearing application in engineering, it is progressively used for construction of bearing elements. The progressively stricter regulations dealing with energy efficiency of the buildings gives rise to application of special characteristics glass of high performance, but also to the more intensive research in this field. The adequate choice of the glass type can to a great extent improve the energy efficiency of the building. The paper gives a literature review of today’s available architectural glass types as well as their characteristics and developing tendencies. Also a review of standards, both national and international once is provided