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Date: 16 June 2023
The panel included four FGIA members: Tara Brummet, Chief of Staff (); Mark Jacobson, Market Manager in North America (); Goeff Shellard, Architectural Design Manager, Pacific Northwest (); and Otto Ward, Project Estimating and Business Development Manager ().
All four took on a different facet of the topic, covering the following:
- The Vancouver Bird Friendly City project
- Bird-friendly codes and requirements
- Bird-friendly glass design considerations
- The bird-friendly glass fabricating process, offerings and challenges
- Multi-functional solutions that can be achieved with bird-friendly glazing
Codes and Requirements
鈥淭his glass type is fairly new,鈥 said Ward. 鈥淚n Canada and the U.S., it's estimated over 1 billion birds fly into unmarked glass each year. We need organized, cohesive policies to drive codes effectively and affordably to provide protection.鈥 Ward referred participants to review , a best practices guide 鈥渨ith lots of good information on developing policies or strategies for [bird-friendly] glass.鈥 He encouraged participants to think of creative bird-friendly solutions, 鈥渟uch as stylized bird images on the recommended 4 inches by 2 inches grid pattern.鈥 This panel size is recommended, although fellow panelist Shellard noted patterns on 2 inches by 2 inches are even better for small birds, such as hummingbirds.
![Otto Ward](/sites/default/files/inline-images/1FGIA-Otto-Ward.jpg)
Design Considerations
鈥淏irds mistake reflections on glass for extensions of their environment,鈥 said Shellard. 鈥淚t's hard for them to determine the outside environment from the inside.鈥 He described how interior and exterior lighting, especially at night, can attract and confuse birds. New York's Freedom Tower cycles through lighting at night every few minutes and this helps, he noted. 鈥淵ou can also add vertical lines out of UV coating, which are hard for humans to see, but is easy for birds to see and differentiate,鈥 said Shellard. 鈥淭here are also etched glass products with patterns that meet the 2 inches by 4 inches rule.鈥
Ward offered some advice for those considering bird-friendly glass for large applications. 鈥淧attern alignment is difficult, and not really practical from an installation standpoint,鈥 he said. 鈥淒o dots or random patterns instead.鈥
![Goeff Shellard](/sites/default/files/inline-images/2FGIA_Geoff-Shellard.jpg)
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Brummet spoke about bird-friendly glass from a fabricating process perspective, including offerings and challenges. 鈥淏ecause of the growing awareness of [bird-friendly glazing], we are seeing more demand in areas where there are large numbers of migratory birds,鈥 she said. 鈥淢any cities and municipalities are implementing regulations. We like to be involved as early in the process as possible.鈥 Brummet noted several challenges fabricators face, including balancing aesthetics and energy efficiency with bird safety, cost, durability, maintenance, compliance and effectiveness.
![Tara Brummet](/sites/default/files/inline-images/3FGIA_Tara-Brummet.jpg)
Multi-functional Solutions
Jacobson concluded by discussing other attributes to consider, such as safety, security, structural needs and acoustics. 鈥淏ird-friendly manifestation to the glass is not a new idea,鈥 he said. 鈥淗owever, they are commonly applied as a film or a screen-printed ceramic frit. This involves an additional process, which includes glass tempering to be applied, often before the glass is laminated. This also comes with some processing complications, like glass bending.鈥
![Mark Jacobson](/sites/default/files/inline-images/4FGIA_Mark-Jacobson.jpg)
At the end of the session, Brummet suggested learning more about bird-friendly glass sooner rather than later. 鈥淎wareness has grown in the last 10 years, especially," she said. 鈥淢ore products are constantly being tested.
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