AIA Southern Arizona Lunch & Learn with Shildan Group

Join AIA Southern Arizona for this informative and educational lunch and learn, presented by Jen Marchesani, VP of Sales & Marketing at Shildan Group, on Thursday, July 24 via Zoom.

Attendees will learn about the leakage process in exterior facades and how the Rainscreen System can combat the main problem; history of rainscreen systems in North America: pressure-equalized versus back-ventilated & pressure-equalized; comparison of back-ventilated rainscreen system to other methods of facade construction; benefits of the back-ventilated & pressure-equalized rainscreen system; LEED benefits, sustainability, & healthy wall construction; and details of institutional terracotta rainscreen projects in the U.S. including a discussion of systems and installation.

Back-Ventilated & Pressure-Equalized Rainscreen System
The Rainscreen Principle is a theory governing the design of the building envelope in such a way as to protect the building from the elements (rain, sun, wind, condensation). The back-ventilated and pressure-equalized Rainscreen System is a version of the Rainscreen Principle that was developed in Europe beginning in the 1960s for various facade materials including: metal, stone, wood, and clay.