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Articles Tagged with ''lightning''

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Lightning Protection Systems: Designing to the Extremes

The Lightning Protection Institute
December 7, 2022

Understanding the components and the basics of a lightning protection system process enable everyone to make the appropriate assessment and recommendations for a design.



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SPRI Helps Build Consenus for New Code Language

November 21, 2022

The 2024 edition of the International Building Code, will include new language that clarifies how Lightening Protection Systems (LPS) are secured to commercial roof assemblies, roof coverings, metal edge systems, and gutters.


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Lightning Protection System Webinar Slated for Dec. 1

November 20, 2022

Kelley Collins of the Lightning Protection Institute and Jennifer Morgan, Education Coordinator of the Lightning Safety Alliance (LSA), are presenting a webinar, Lightning Protection Systems: Understanding the Process for a Successful Project.


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East Coast Lightning Equipment Launches New Website

September 26, 2022

East Coast Lightning Equipment, Inc. (ECLE), the premier lightning protection manufacturer in North America, has relaunched its website at www.ecle.biz.


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Fire Station Depends on Lightning Protection System

September 16, 2022

Fire stations not only need to provide a safe workplace for first responders and staff, but they also must remain fully functional during storms.  A properly designed, installed, and maintained lightning protection system is critically important for emergency response facilities.


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View Our Summer 2022 eMagazine

July 11, 2022

Our Summer 2022 edition contains various technical articles describing the challenges of designing buildings for severe weather, and much more.


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Designing for Severe Weather

Lindsay Lewis is the Editor of Building Enclosure magazine.
Lindsay Lewis
June 9, 2022

Severe weather has significantly changed the way we look at design and construction of our buildings—from commercial to residential. Weather has become more volatile as natural disasters have taken their toll on our architecture.


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The AEC World Mourns the Loss of Michael Chusid

May 10, 2022

Michael Chusid, of Woodland Hills, California, passed away on Monday, May 2, of natural causes. A true mensch, he had a huge heart - greeting everyone he met with kindness and compassion - and an insatiable curiosity about the world around him.
 


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Lightning Protection Systems on Rooftop Terraces

Jennifer Morgan Michael Chusid, RA FCSI
December 6, 2019
Rooftop air terminals, informally called lightning rods, are the most visible element of a lightning protection system
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Lightning Protection for Buildings with Metal Roofs

Jennifer Morgan Michael Chusid, RA FCSI
July 21, 2017
Metal roofing has the advantage over other roofing systems with respect to a building’s risk of lightning damage
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