Open post Vitrages Saint-Gobain en façade : gros plan sur les verres

Multi-criteria study – Saint-Gobain Glass glazing

Study: glazing and mobile solar shading – which solutions for high-performance façades? Arcora carried out, for Saint-Gobain Glass and in collaboration with Actierra, the environmental subsidiary of Ingérop, a multi-criteria study assessing the environmental impact of different Saint-Gobain glazing types in a range of contexts. Drawing on RE2020 calculations, dynamic energy simulations, daylight modelling...

Open post Diagram of façade components (brackets, panel, sunshade, sealing) and their carbon potential

Towards a low-carbon envelope

A 40-page booklet (April 2021) on the challenges, methods and levers for reducing the environmental impact of façades. It presents: the life-cycle analysis of envelopes, using the in-house calculation tool OptimEC; a comparative analysis of components (cladding, shading…); the impact by construction type, on project sheets: timber-aluminium curtain wall, double brick wall, ribbon façade,...