February 8, 2006—Birds & Buildings has created a new tutorial for designing bird-safe buildings, the company says. Although created for architecture students, the five-part presentation is equally applicable to practitioners and building owners.
According to Birds & Buildings, birds run into the glass windows on buildings because they look like air and reflect trees, clouds, and the sky.
How many and how often birds will be killed at a problem building is a function of many dynamics, most of which are uncontrollable: the weather, the time of year, the angle of the sun, the location of the building, and its neighboring environment.
The Bird-Safe Design Tutorial offers such bird-safe building design solutions as using angles for the building itself, placing awnings over the windows, installing glass that does not reflect the sky, and using window screens or sun shutters.
For more information on the tutorial and other resources and programs, visit Birds & Buildings.
