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| One way to enhance corporate image through the design of the business premises or office space is to install switchable glass.
| A green building is the hallmark of economically sound business decisions, thoughtful environmental decisions, and smart human impact decisions.
| Energy regulations in the construction industry are getting harsher, restricting the amount of glass that we can install in a façade.
| TGI-Spacers Played a Key Role in Curtain Wall Vision Glass and Spandrel Panels
| Samantha Anderson talks about glass selection in the home building process and how important it is to get the timing and choice right.
| The Station Hotel in Prahran’s Greville Street was a favourite watering hole and stay-over for generations. Its recent revision by architects Interlandi Mantesso sees 41 apartments rise discretely behind the classic Victorian pub facade and an uber-…
| For a period of time now the use of Double-Skin Facades have increased due to their relevant usage and profit with respect to their possession of increased energy efficiency and daylighting improvement.
| Modern, transparent and prestigious – large glass façades are very much in vogue for office complexes and industrial buildings.
| A More Sustainable Approach for Future Façades
| Electronically tintable glass can offer a solution which avoids having to trade off daylight and views with energy performance and occupant comfort, allowing more glass to be used without energy penalty and without causing thermal or visual…
| In recent years the growing energy costs and the imposition of increasingly stringent limits to the gaseous emissions into the atmosphere have put a strong pressure on the glassmaking industry to research new solutions to improve the efficiency and…
| Over half the world’s seven billion inhabitants live in cities, by the year 2050 the number will grow to almost ten billion. In order to avoid a climatic collapse in the metropolises, there is no other alternative to energy-efficient buildings.
| Cities are eating up an increasing amount of heat and electricity. In order to reduce this consumption, buildings have to become increasingly efficient and integrate more renewable energies.
| The crisis of the photovoltaic industry is drawing to a close. While it is true demand for solar modules is dropping in Europe, demand in many other regions is rising rapidly.
| Although the costs for solar power have come down considerably lately, photovoltaics are still unable to compete with conventional energy sources.
| Prepare the fireworks and parade, we have an announcement to make regarding the reliability and quality of our Privacy and Solar switchable glass products!
| The recent issues related to energy saving and environmental sustainability in the construction sector are particularly problematic for professionals dealing with existing buildings, especially when buildings have a historic value...
| An Introduction to Design and Performance by Dr. Cenk Kocer - University of Sydney, School of Physics, Sydney 2006
| The new Spiegel headquarters and the neighbouring office complex, the Ericus-Contor, a fourteen and nine-storey building pair, expand the gallery of internationally recognized architectural works in Hamburg.