Green & Sustainable Building

News

Hornos Industriales Pujol has delivered a new Pujol 100 unit to D-Glas, a Belgian company known for its expertise in glass production and installation.
The Glass Performance Days 2023 conference brought forward a compelling array of presentations focused on sustainability and emerging trends within the glass industry.
Saint-Gobain in Poland and NorDan Group join forces to lead the market towards the sustainable window.
We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of Saflex LiteCarbon Clear.
Embracing biophilic design principles for the LEED® Gold-certified Marion Fire Station in Marion, Iowa, daylighting and views were a major aspect of OPN Architects’ vision for the project.
In this blog, the environmental and economic impacts of insulating gases and their influence on energy savings in buildings will be explored.
Advancing American-made clean energy technologies and reducing federal emissions through the Investing in America agenda
On July 16, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of 38 grant recipients across the country, totaling nearly $160 million in funds from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
This article explores the various types of insulating gases, their thermal performance, and their contribution to energy efficiency.
Dave Dalton underscores the importance of collaboration with the government and other stakeholders to realise the industry's 2050 vision.
Immmes is proud to announce the delivery of its latest state-of-the-art water purification system to a valued customer in the Netherlands.
The latest trends and issues in automotive recycling were discussed this week at the International Automotive Recycling Congress 2024, with a focus on the work on the End-of-life of vehicles Regulation (ELVR).
From 10 to 14 June, Glass for Europe is attending the summer study of European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) to exchange on building energy efficiency and the role that glazing plays in it.
New Definition Will Help Nation Achieve President Biden’s Clean Energy and Climate Goals While Lowering Energy Costs, Cutting Air Pollution, and Creating Good-Paying Jobs
POLFLAM has received an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for their monolithic fire-resistant glass product range in fire resistance ratings EI and EW!
In its new informative paper, Glass for Europe introduces the issue of bird collisions with glass surfaces and the wide range of technologies developed by the flat glass industry to prevent them and preserve biodiversity.

Articles

The Feasibility of Recycled Glass as a Building Material With Additive Manufacturing
This study delves into the influences of the glazing solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC), the glazing heat transfer coefficient (U-value), and PCM thickness on the energy performance of buildings.
This study analyzed the influence of exterior windows on the indoor thermal environment of office buildings by carrying out field experiments.
This paper presents a Machine Learning approach for predicting the acoustic properties of different glazing systems.
The approaches proposed by planners and architects for adapting to climate change will be discussed at glasstec 2024 (22-25 October, Düsseldorf) at its Architecture Forum.
A study of its environmental benefits, quality, and mechanical properties
Flat glass manufacturers are rightly focused on reducing their operational carbon and in turn the embodied carbon of the glass materials that they create.
The main benefits from dynamic glass relate to visual light comfort, light control and spectral modulation, privacy modulation and the most critical nowadays energy savings.
Sustainable growth requires cost efficiency and continuous optimization of processes. Sometimes, it even requires a disruptive change within an organization.
This paper will review the impact of silicones at various levels of a sustainable design.
First valid steps on the pathway to better re-utilization of glass elements
This paper seeks to understand the outstanding questions around the potential carbon consequences and benefits of using insulating glass units (IGU) in facades.

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