Ukuze kuphuculwe ukusebenza kwe-thermal yeeyunithi zeglasi kwi-facade, i-glazing ephindwe kabini okanye kathathu iyanconywa.
Ngeteknoloji ephindwe kabini, igesi ye-inert ifakwe phakathi kweeglasi ezimbini zeglasi. I-argon ivumela ukukhanya kwelanga ukuba kudlule ngelixa unciphisa inqanaba lamandla elanga aphuma kwiglasi.
Kubumbeko oluphindwe kathathu, kukho imingxunya emibini egcwele i-argon ngaphakathi kweepaneli ezintathu zeglasi. Isiphumo kukusebenza kakuhle kwamandla kunye nokunciphisa isandi kunye nokuncitshiswa okuncinci, njengoko kukho umahluko omncinci wobushushu phakathi kwendawo yangaphakathi kunye neglasi. Ngelixa ukusebenza okuphezulu, ukukhenkceza kathathu lolona khetho lubiza kakhulu.
Ukomelezwa kokuqina, iglasi elaminethiweyo yenziwe nge-polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer. Iglasi elayitiweyo ibonelela ngenani leenzuzo, kubandakanya ukuthintela ukuhanjiswa kokukhanya kwe-ultraviolet, i-acoustics engcono, kwaye mhlawumbi ibaluleke kakhulu, ukubamba kunye xa iqhekekile.
Ukudibanisa kumbandela wokwakhiwa kwempembelelo kunye nokuchasana nokuqhuma, isakhiwo sangaphandle sisebenza njengomgca wokuqala wokukhusela kwi-projectiles. Ngenxa yoko, indlela i-facade ephendula ngayo kwimpembelelo iya kuchaphazela kakhulu okwenzekayo kwisakhiwo. Kuyavunywa, kunzima ukukhusela iglasi ukuba iphule emva kwempembelelo ebalulekileyo, kodwa iglasi elaminethiweyo, okanye ifilimu echasene ne-anti-shatter esetyenziswe kwi-glazing ekhoyo, iya kuba bhetele iqulethe i-shards yeglasi ukukhusela abahlali bezakhiwo kwi-debris.
Kodwa ngaphezulu kokuqulatha nje iglasi eqhekeziweyo, ukusebenza kodonga lomkhusane ekuphenduleni uqhushumbo kuxhomekeke ekusebenzisaneni phakathi kobuchule bezinto ezahlukeneyo.
"Ngaphezu kokuqina kwamalungu aquka inkqubo yodonga lwamakhethini, iziqhotyoshelwano kwi-slabs yomgangatho okanye i-spandrel beams zifuna ingqalelo ekhethekileyo," ubhala uRobert Smilowitz, Ph.D., SECB, F.SEI, inqununu ephezulu, i-Protective Design.
& Ukhuseleko, uThornton Tomasetti-Weidlinger, eNew York, kwi-WBDG "Uyilo lweZakhiwo zokuchasa izoyikiso eziqhumayo."
"Olu nxibelelwano kufuneka luhlengahlengiswe ukuhlawulela ukunyamezelwa kwemveliso kunye nokujongana nokwahlukana kwe-difts inter-story drifts kunye nokuguqulwa kwe-thermal kunye nokuyilwa ukuhambisa imithwalo ye-gravity, imithwalo yomoya, kunye nemithwalo yokuqhuma," ubhala.