08-14-2014, 06:27 AM
Guidelines On Use of Glass in Buildings - Human Safety
In the modern lifestyle, increased Glass use in buildings offers many advantages. Those who spend more time indoors have intuitively understood benefits of improved daylight and vision on human psychology and health, and recentresearch findings underscore these indisputably. Howeverthisincreased use of glassin Indian buildingsis not without risks. Wrong selection of glass type is widespread and does result in increased heat gain/loss in buildings and the higher risk of injuriesto humans. These are side affectsthat the building industry is only recently beginning to recognize.
Recognizing the gravity of the problem and uncertainty faced by the Engineers, Architects and users, the guidelines for selection of appropriate safety glass suitable for a particular location has been brought out.
In the modern lifestyle, increased Glass use in buildings offers many advantages. Those who spend more time indoors have intuitively understood benefits of improved daylight and vision on human psychology and health, and recentresearch findings underscore these indisputably. Howeverthisincreased use of glassin Indian buildingsis not without risks. Wrong selection of glass type is widespread and does result in increased heat gain/loss in buildings and the higher risk of injuriesto humans. These are side affectsthat the building industry is only recently beginning to recognize.
Recognizing the gravity of the problem and uncertainty faced by the Engineers, Architects and users, the guidelines for selection of appropriate safety glass suitable for a particular location has been brought out.