Unlike the methodology of installing a curtain wall, a structural silicone glazing includes utilization of specific silicones to bond glass and metal panels to structures without any external mechanical fixation. The SSG system can be designed to withstand live loads (wind load, line load) as well as dead loads (weight of panel and imposed loadings). The silicone-bonded system provides not just unsurpassed durability against extreme weather conditions, but is also UV resistant. Additional benefits of silicone include its excellent level of adhesion, movement capability, a wide spectrum of extreme temperatures (from -40 degrees to 50 degrees), resistance, wind load, dead load and thermal dilation.