Envelope
GlasCurtain, Revolve Engineers, Build Sense
Edmonton
Reimagine Architects
Concordia University of Edmonton

The Concordia University of Edmonton New Academic Building Envelope has been funded for the incremental costs of an innovative glazing wall. The objective of this project was to understand the GHG reductions and carbon emissions reductions with the utilization of higher insulation glazing components. The final report presents the energy savings of a portion of the curtain wall completed with VIG + Fiberglass framing. The comparative site used a standard high-efficiency window assembly.

“It all started with the idea to improve the weakest component of the envelope – glazing. ”

— Vedran Skopac (Reimagine Architects)

Project Innovation

High-Performance Vacuum Insulated Glazing with Fibre-glass Framed Curtainwall

High-performance insulated glazing offers glazing assemblies that have high r-value and less thermal bridging. See the Additional Resources section below for the supporting research and studies into the project’s glazing and curtain selections.

Project Findings

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