Ukuze uthuthukise ukusebenza okushisayo kwamayunithi engilazi ku-facade, kunconywa ukucwenga okuphindwe kabili noma kathathu.
Ngobuchwepheshe obucwebezeliswe kabili, igesi ye-inert ifakwe phakathi kwamafasitelana amabili engilazi. I-argon ivumela ukukhanya kwelanga ukuthi kudlule ngenkathi ikhawulela izinga lamandla elanga aphuma engilazini.
Ekucushweni okucwebezeliswe kathathu, kunemigodi emibili egcwele i-argon ngaphakathi kwamafasitelana amathathu engilazi. Umphumela uba amandla angcono okusebenza kahle nokunciphisa umsindo kanye nokufiphala okuncane, njengoba kunomehluko omncane wokushisa phakathi kwengaphakathi nengilazi. Ngenkathi kusebenza kakhulu, ukucwebezela kathathu kuyindlela ebiza kakhulu.
Ukuze kuqiniswe ukuqina, ingilazi elaminethiwe yenziwe nge-polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer. Ingilazi elayishiwe inikeza izinzuzo eziningi, okuhlanganisa ukuvimba ukudluliswa kokukhanya kwe-ultraviolet, ama-acoustics angcono, futhi mhlawumbe okuphawuleka kakhulu, ukubamba ndawonye lapho kuphahlazwa.
Igxila endabeni yomthelela wokwakha nokumelana nokuqhuma, ingaphandle lebhilidi lisebenza njengomugqa wokuqala wokuzivikela kuma-projectiles. Ngakho-ke, indlela i-facade ephendula ngayo kumthelela izoba nomthelela omkhulu kulokho okwenzeka esakhiweni. Kuyavunywa, kunzima ukuvimbela ingilazi ukuthi ingaphuki ngemva komthelela omkhulu, kodwa ingilazi elayiniwe, noma ifilimu evimbela ukuphahlazeka esetshenziswe ekucwebezeni okukhona, izoqukatha kangcono izingcezwana zengilazi ukuvikela abakhileyo emfucumfucwini.
Kodwa ngaphezu nje kokuqukatha ingilazi ephukile, ukusebenza kodonga lwekhethini ekuphenduleni ukuqhuma kuncike ekusebenzelaneni phakathi kwamakhono wezinto ezihlukahlukene.
“Ngaphezu kokuqinisa amalungu ngamanye ahlanganisa uhlelo lwamakhethini, okunamathiselwe kuma-slabs aphansi noma imishayo ye-spandrel kudinga ukunakwa okukhethekile,” kubhala u-Robert Smilowitz, Ph.D., SECB, F.SEI, uthishanhloko omkhulu, i-Protective Design.
& Ezokuphepha, uThornton Tomasetti - Weidlinger, New York, "Kudizayina Izakhiwo Zokumelana Nezinsongo Eziqhumayo" ye-WBDG.
"Lokhu kuxhumana kufanele kulungiswe ukuze kunxephezele ukubekezelelana kokwenziwa futhi kuhambisane nokuhlukahluka kwe-inter-story drifts kanye nokuguqulwa kwe-thermal futhi kuklanyelwe ukudlulisa imithwalo yamandla adonsela phansi, imithwalo yomoya, kanye nemithwalo yokuqhuma," uyabhala.