![]() High-quality, properly-installed, and well-designed cladding materials for buildings minimize air leakage, maximize thermal performance, and optimize natural daylighting. Provide openings for daylight, ventilation, and access.Provide security and privacy, and prevent the transmission of sound.Provide thermal insulation to create an airtight building envelope, to control the inside environment.Protect the structures from external elements (rain, wind, snow, ice).Transfer wind and impact loads to the structural framework.Often, cladding attaches to the structural frame of the building as prefabricated panels.Ī high-performing cladding system provides much more than just a building’s exterior facade and aesthetics. ![]() ![]() The building cladding refers to all the components attached to the building’s primary structure (parts that keep a structure standing), and form the non-structural, external surfaces. The cladding’s aesthetic appeal for high-rise buildings or modest homes provides the structure’s first impression and influences the feel and look of the surrounding environment. The design must ensure the building cladding systems’ durability, energy efficiency, and sustainability. A high-performance cladding system protects a building envelope from rain, snow, and other outside elements, by deflecting, draining, and evaporating moisture on the outside and inside of the wall system.
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