Comprehensive Analysis of Facade Translucent Structures
The NIISF RAASN “Facades SEC” Test Center regularly runs laboratory studies on facade structures in terms of their thermotechnical characteristics, air and water permeability, wind load resistance, and sound insulation properties. Throughout the years passed since the test center was founded, it has gained great experience in full-scale and laboratory tests, examination, participation in technical support during design and installation of this class of structures. Surely, the above mentioned activities do not cover all performance properties of translucent facade structures; but even this part provides a lot of information on the possibility of reference to a certain technical solution. Let us discuss the main matters experts in the field usually face.
Absence of a Regulatory System
In terms of a regulatory system there have only been a few positive changes over the past 10 years. There have surely been developed dozens of standards (Technical Specifications, Corporate Standards, Special Technical Regulations), but all attempts to start working systematically find no support either from the state or from the so-called “business community”. Back in 2005-2006 they developed a standardization program that referred to facade translucent structures. It included the standards of the basic test methods, components, terminology and definitions...
They developed and passed GOST R 54858- 2011 “Translucent Façade Structures. Method to Determine Reduced Total Heat Transfer.” Right during its passing the project of the interstate standard of “Suspended Translucent Façade Structures. Classification. Terms and Definitions” that was developed in 2013 became a version that was proposed by one of the Russian refiners of a foreign profile and it would completely ignore any discussions, reviews, working groups...
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ALEXEY VERKHOVSKY, Ph.D. in Engineering Science,
Head of NIISF RAASN Laboratory “Enclosure Structures of High-Rise and Unique Buildings”