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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).
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.
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…
The upcoming American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Fall Conference, to be held October 10-13 in Santa Ana Pueblo (Albuquerque), N.
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.
New Faribault, Minn., manufacturing plant to create hundreds of high-paying green-collar and construction jobsFARIBAULT, Minn., March 5, 2010 – SAGE Electrochromics, Inc., has been offered a conditional commitment for a $72 million loan guarantee by…
The largest thin film solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the United States, recently began commercial operations in California.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3, 2009 – At 58 stories tall, Comcast Center in Philadelphia recently became the tallest LEED-certified building in the United States with an assist from energy-saving Solarban 60 Starphire glass by PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG). …
"Slowdown in automotive industry reflects in the demand for auto glass in the OE (Original Equipment) segment.
Reflex Glass has expanded its product offering of switchable smart glass technology to incorporate antibacterial coated glass.
Firm’s Expansion to Add Jobs in Lebanon, Pa. Area; Full Line of SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Packaging Products Now Produced in North America  October 13, 2009 Lebanon, Pa.
The 70th Conference on Glass Problems will take place at the Ohio State University on 13 and 14 October 2009. The Conference on Glass Problems first met in 1934 and is now the largest US industrial glass meeting.
Gallo Glass company, one of the largest glass container manufacturer in the United States,recently selected Pneumofore UV rotary vane vacuum pumps as the best choice for centralized vacuum needs at the IS machines.
The Sony House Of The Future at this years Grand Designs Live exhibition at Excel in London is to feature switchable privacy glass Smart-Tint from Reflex glass.
 Smart-Tint the affordable switchable smart glass launched by specialist glass manufacturer Reflex Glass last year, has now received its latest accolade: the Gold medal award from WFI magazine as Top Product 2008.
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.
Diamon-Fusion International, Inc. (DFI Nanotechnology), global developer and exclusive licensor of patented hydrophobic nanotechnologies, announced it was awarded the exclusive contract to apply the Diamon-Fusion® nano-coating to the NIKE building…
Emirates Float Glass (EFG), a subsidiary of Glass LLC, wholly owned by Dubai Investments PJSC, has signed an AED 575 million contract with Italian engineering firm Ianua S.p.A for the construction and supervision of its second float glass…
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.
*Significance of new location increases considerably *Capacity expected to more than quadruple with three new production lines by the end of 2008 *Investment volume planned at € 50 million Alzenau/Valašské Meziříčí, 14 May 2008 – In response to the…
Global Tightness in Supply and Growth in Demand Drive Expansion Projects Throughout the Saflex Business Saflex(r), a unit of Solutia Inc. (NYSE:SOA), will break ground on May 19, 2008 for an expansion of its PVB resin manufacturing operations at its…
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,…