LuxWall has launched LW-001 Transparent Insulation, an AIA-approved continuing education course designed to introduce architects and design professionals to vacuum-insulated glazing technology and its potential applications in high-performance buildings.
The course is approved for 1 AIA Learning Unit (LU) Elective and covers the fundamentals of heat transfer through fenestration, including conduction, convection and radiation. It explains how vacuum insulation suppresses these heat-transfer mechanisms to achieve significantly higher thermal resistance.
According to LuxWall, its Transparent Insulation technology can deliver an R-18 center-of-glass performance. The system incorporates low-E coated and clear tempered glass, structural micro-pillars, a getter, hermetic edge seal and evacuation port.
The course also compares Transparent Insulation with conventional double- and triple-pane insulating glass units (IGUs) across thermal, optical, acoustic and embodied-carbon performance. At comparable visible light transmittance and solar heat gain coefficient, LuxWall states that Transparent Insulation provides approximately three to six times the center-of-glass R-value of conventional double- and triple-pane IGUs while maintaining a slimmer profile. 
Course objectives include understanding vacuum insulation principles, evaluating frame temperature and condensation resistance, and assessing acoustic and occupant health, safety and welfare considerations when specifying advanced glazing systems.
Source: LuxWall with additional information added by Glass Balkan
