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Thermoseal Group has got its sights on a growing export market.
The Future of Glass and Window Manufacturing
To grow your business, you need tools, machines, personnel, and software to support you.
Customers attending Converge 23 in Nashville had the opportunity to directly influence the next generation in software.
Around 40 participants at the FGIA Fall Conference had the opportunity to tour the 327-acre National Renewable Energy Laboratory campus in Golden, CO.
Two staff members from the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance gave updates about both the insulating glass (IG) and fenestration certification programs offered by FGIA.
Fenestration can play role in improving indoor air quality in Environmental Justice Communities Impacted by Construction
The finalists of the 2023 National Fenestration Awards have been announced!
Registration is now open for the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) FENBC Region Technical Summit, taking place October 18 at Northview Golf and Country Club in Surrey, BC.
FIT Show organisers have launched FIT Show 360, a digital twin of its May 2023 event, after a successful pilot scheme with developers, EXPO360.
Leading London economist, Edward Johnstone, will give an exclusive keynote at the 2023 Glazing Summit and reveal the economic outlook for the glazing industry.
FGIA has updated a specification establishing the minimum requirements for PVC exterior profiles that are used in windows, doors and skylights.
WinDoor is Canada’s largest window and door tradeshow providing exclusive access to expert panels, product demonstrations and the industry’s leading fenestration innovations.
Do not miss this extraordinary experience that will showcase innovative technologies, innovative and sustainable solutions shaping the future of the industry.
Join the Cyncly team at Vitrum 2023 to learn how they transform the way spaces are imagined, designed, sold, manufactured and installed.
Register now for the 2023 FGIA Fall Conference to be held September 18-21.

Articles

This paper studies the influence of the size of window glasses on their failure characteristics.
Photovoltaic (PV) windows can enable net-zero highly glazed buildings
This study presents an experimental investigation of a window unit and focuses specifically on the conductance between the structural elements and the frame system of a conventional house in the city of Xanthi, northern Greece.
Explosion events represent an extraordinary action for buildings and especially for the building envelope.
This paper examines the visual performance of building facades that utilize windows with different photochromic-coated glass.
This paper aims to contribute to this topic by examining the potential of a smart window system that has double dynamic insulated glazing in preventing heat gain and maximising daylight indoors.
This work presents the results of the evaluation of two Art Nouveau glass windows from the Casa-Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves (Lisbon, Portugal) with IR-thermography during the summer solstice.
In the article, the focus is on an overview of several norms, standards, and research that address the issue of resilience of window systems.
Abatement of the high building energy is possible by employing semitransparent photovoltaic window which has triple point advantages as they control the admitted solar gain and daylight and generates benign electricity.
This paper presents some of major outcomes of Finite Element (FE) numerical methods and simulations that have been explored in the framework of the GLASS-SHARD research project for glass windows and facades under explosion or soft-body impact.
Introducing BIPV and WIPV solar window systems
This paper gives an overview of the requirements of a ship structure, and more specifically yacht structures, and describes the challenges associated with using glass as a fully integrated structural component.

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