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Light transmittance (Tv) 62 %, solar factor 29 % – a selectivity that is higher than factor 2. These excellent technical values have now become reality with the new solar control glass ipasol ultraselect 62/29 by Interpane (Laufenfoerde, Germany).
The most challenging cultural factor to incorporate into Saudi architecture is segregation. “The architectural planning of developments in Saudi Arabia must address segregation for public areas such as restaurants and health facilities” according to…
Glass and Orientation for Green Buildings: Glazing of a green building should reflect harmony of daylight and shading, views and protection, energy conservation, cost of material as well as highlight the individual character of the building.
Factors impacting hotel architecture in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has a new-found passion for hotel architecture with grand, vanguard developments springing up across the Kingdom.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has published a new fact sheet on daylighting and energy savings, detailing how top-lighting and side-lighting contribute to a building design that integrates natural light and can help…
A visual highlight of the Champalimaud Foundation´s recently-completed biomedical research facility in Lisbon, Portugal is the lightweight steel and glass bridge that connects its two buildings.
Swicorp Joussour Company, a Saudi Joint Stock Company capitalised at SAR 2.67 billion ($712 million) managed by Swicorp, said that its portfolio company Eastern Industrial Company (EICO) has raised financing facilities amounting to SAR 592 million…
The upcoming American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Fall Conference, to be held October 10-13 in Santa Ana Pueblo (Albuquerque), N.
A project with investment of total 2 billion yuan was officially inked in Fengyang on August.12. The project involves building production lines of glass used in photovoltaic(PV) industry and energy saving glass.
Supporting the U.S. Green Building Council LEED(R) Rating System(TM) criteria for recycled content, Wausau Window and Wall Systems now fabricates all of its products using aluminum extrusions exclusively from secondary billet that contain at…
Saint-Gobain Glass Egypt opens the largest and the most modern float glass plant in the Middle East region.
Wausau Window and Wall Systems named Cyndy Workman-Snow as its architectural sales representative in New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.
The Bystronic glass Group has received a large multi-million Swiss francs order from Saudi Arabia . As 2009 drew to a close, Richard Jakob and Fahad Al-Harbi, Chairman of the Wajhat Glass & Aluminium Factory as well as Vice Chairman and CEO of…
"Slowdown in automotive industry reflects in the demand for auto glass in the OE (Original Equipment) segment.
NANJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Construction began Tuesday on a soda ash project with an investment of 1.14 billion U.
Even as the dire financial news continues to dominate year-end headlines, a cascade of newly released studies and reports points to green building as one of the growing bright spots for the U.
Senegalese Minister for Renewable Energies attends official opening ceremony for successful project in Casamance Project partners SCHOTT Solar AG, SMA Solar Technology AG and KAÏTO Energie AG continue work in this field Electricity is the basic…
A new study from The Freedonia Group Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm, Advanced Flat Glass, projects demand for advanced flat glass to increase 5 percent annually to $7.2 billion in 2012.
New Company Formed to Accelerate Production in Response to Increasing Demand for High Performance Insulating Glass PALO ALTO, Calif.--Southwall Technologies Inc., (OTCBB:SWTX), a worldwide innovator of energy-saving films and glass products,…
Southwall Technologies Inc. (OTCBB:SWTX) announced fourth quarter 2007 revenue of $8.7 million, down 5.6% from third quarter of 2007 and down 5.5% from the fourth quarter of 2006.
Drs. James Thiel, Paul Medwick, and Andrew Wagner (on photo left to right) senior research associates of PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG), were named winners in the Advanced Manufacturing category for the 2008 Carnegie Science Awards.
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS launches a toughenable version of its SGG COOL-LITE® SKN 165, the latest addition to the widely-specified high performance SGG COOL-LITE® SKN solar control glass range.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending December 31, 2007.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is  pleased to announce that the city of Greensburg, Kansas has passed a resolution to certify  all city-owned buildings LEED® Platinum, making it the first city in the U.S. to pass  such a resolution.