AEC Webinars
The AEC offers webinars aimed at educating engineers and designers on the advantages of and practical considerations for designing with aluminum extrusions.
ALExtrusionTech Webinars
Our new series, Aluminum Extrusion Tech, is intended to inform and educate those with some knowledge of aluminum extrusions but who are interested in a more technical focus. Look for this logo identifying these advanced-level webinars.
Webinar Archive Spotlight
Understanding - and Managing - the Carbon Intensity of Extruded Aluminum Components
Focusing on the theme "Detailing High Performance Facades: Strategy, Specifications, and Advanced Cladding Materials", the Aluminum Extruders Council participated in the CE|Strong Midwest Virtual Workshop on August 7, 2024.
Webinar presented by Brent Slaton and Kassandra Spencer, LEED Green Associate, of Keymark Corporation
Aluminum extrusion-based products have a proven history in commercial buildings. Whether in façade systems, window framing, entrance doors, sun shades or interior components like light shelves and moveable partitions, extrusions have offered specifiers strength, durability, a wide range of aesthetics and often enhanced energy efficiency.
Yet extrusions have a downside as well - embodied carbon.
Aluminum is regarded as the third most significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in construction, trailing concrete and steel. While aluminum’s GHG is significantly less than those materials, it is important to understand how it can be minimized.
This presentation will explore aluminum extrusions’ impact on GHG: what drives it, and what the specifier can do to minimize it.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the key drivers of aluminum extrusions’ embodied carbon
- Assess the most recent EPD data for aluminum extrusions
- Analyze trade-offs between various extrusion characteristics and finishes
- Employ strategies to minimize the embodied carbon from extrusions in their projects
Join us for an enlightening session!
Tips for a Successful Design Competition Entry
Designed to provide interested participants more information about the Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition, this webinar also discusses the "ins and outs" of designing with aluminum extrusions to maximize the opportunity to create an innovative, practical and potential "winning" design.
Fair Trade Webinar - Curtain Wall Case Update
Get the latest information on the aluminum curtain wall scope case related to Chinese aluminum extrusion imports.
Automotive Aluminum: Specifying & Achieving Desired Extrusion Performance
As automotive aluminum extrusion applications continue to grow, engineers seeking optimized performance are increasingly going beyond the "shorthand" of alloy and temper designation and specifying the desired microstructure for the final component. This webinar explores: how various automotive applications require differing underlying microstructure for optimal performance; how alloy chemistry and extrusion processing parameters can be manipulated to yield distinctive microstructure, and how to effectively specify microstructure, and the critical variables to consider. Mini cases illustrate successful application of microstructure specification.