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Environmental Advantages of Thin Brick in Construction
Using the Brick Industry Handbook, Tile Council of America Installation Guide, PCIs Designers Notebook Series and The PCI Architectural Manual, this program explores the many different brick wall systems available to architects today. Our focus will be How is the environment affected when you choose a masonry appearance for your project? Topics we will cover include: Evaluating your walls performance criteria; How to select the optimum wall system; Masonry material selection process; PCIs new standard for thin brick cast into precast panels; How to gain LEED Points using thin brick; and Environmental comparison between thin brick projects and full bed depth brick projects.

Length - 1.0 Hour
Credits - AIA 1.0 HSW LU
PDH - 1.0