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Ventilated Façades - Top Product at AIA 2004The number of Spanish manufacturers that offer products that are of special interest to the architectural sector is increasing and the range of products is expanding rapidly - especially porcelain tile for use with façade systems.
Four Spanish companies exhibiting in the Tile of Spain booth at the AIA National Convention and Expo, June 10-12th, at McCormick Place in Chicago, were top manufacturers of porcelain tile for use with façade systems.
Since ancient times, ceramic tile has been used extensively on building façades either as a cladding material or as an architectural feature.
Today, thanks to new technologies stemming from Spain, ceramic tile features prominently as a high-tech cladding that provides exceptional performance and great aesthetic appeal - especially in lighted and ventilated façade systems. 'The benefits of ventilated facades are of many reasons, according to Bryn M. Cernuda, Director for Architectural Marketing at Division 9.
The system is called 'ventilated' because, when you look through it, 'you see that it creates a chamber between the surface and the tile', says Cernuda. According to Cernuda, one of the keys for success of ventilated façades in the USA, specially in the Chicago area, is the energy savings.'Sustainab le design is a huge thing in the US and these systems save as much as 35 percent of energy', he says.
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