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News
A new Solarban® 72 Starphire® glass skylight is bringing abundant daylight, energy performance and biophilic design to the historic 1891 Terminal Warehouse redevelopment in West Chelsea.
Rare opportunity to acquire advanced smart glass production assets | Troostwijk Auctions is set to auction the entire production facility of Eyrise B.V. / Merck Windows Technologies B.V.
EuroShop returns to Düsseldorf from 22–26 February 2026, where Saint-Gobain Glass and Saint-Gobain Prime Glass Working will once again take center stage.
The new line, with an annual capacity of 6 million square meters, will operate alongside the existing coated glass line.
On 26 February, Glass for Europe took part in the first meeting of the Whole Life Carbon Forum for Buildings.
On February 25, the European Parliament’s ENVI and IMCO committees voted on the agreement of the new End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation.
Glass Futures has completed its first alternative fuel trials campaign, demonstrating at industrial scale the viability of biofuels, electric melting and hydrogen to accelerate glass sector decarbonisation.
The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) has updated the Aluminum Material Council (AMC) portion of its site with webpages covering aluminum-focused sustainability.
Glass Futures joins ResponsibleGlass to help shape the first global sustainability standard for responsible glass production.
Registration is now open for the 2026 Furnace Solutions Conference, organised by the Society of Glass Technology, which returns to St Helens, UK, on 3–4 June 2026.
The GGF has welcomed the Irish Government’s new energy upgrade grants, highlighting the strong commitment to windows and doors as a key driver of home decarbonisation.
Thomas Claude Sauer, Managing Director of EXXOSQEL and glasstec 2024 speaker, explains how a novel surface treatment “heals” micro-cracks at a molecular level — a breakthrough for lightweight design and glass industry decarbonization.
Şişecam to contribute to the circularity of electric vehicles with innovative glass solutions.
The Circularity Frontiers Summit on Glass will bring students, researchers and industry professionals together in Koblenz in July 2026 to rethink the future of circular glass systems.
As sustainability expectations rise, installers are discovering that responsible recycling can be both compliant and cost-neutral.
Using the wrong waste collector could put your business at risk. FENSA highlights why installers must look beyond quick and cheap disposal options.
Articles
Designing glazing for museum daylighting requires balancing art conservation, structural performance, and aesthetics—challenges explored through two sensitive glazing replacement case studies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Highly efficient building-integrated photovoltaics are entering a new phase, combining strong performance with expanded colour and design freedom.
Reducing energy consumption in glass tempering is no longer optional — and new cooling innovations are making it achievable.
A new study explores how smarter structural design and adhesive optimization in glass-metal façades can significantly cut embodied carbon while maintaining performance and integrity.
Laser technology is rapidly reshaping the future of glass processing, offering a level of precision and innovation that traditional methods can’t match.
At Step Change 2025, in connection with Glass Performance Days 2025, eLstar Dynamics wowed us with their smart glass tech that dynamically shifts from ultra-dark (0.1% transparency!) to crystal clear (up to 70%).
Be it for more privacy at the office, discretion during conferences or an aesthetic styling element in architecture – switchable glass transforms transparent surfaces into opaque walls at the touch of a button.
In this eighth episode, we delve into optimizing energy efficiency in Low-E production.
Mikko Rantala on Glastory: Glass tempering is an energy-hungry process, and not just because of the heat.
Renovating energy-inefficient buildings is vital to meeting the EU’s climate goals, and new research from Slovakia highlights how material choices can make or break a project’s environmental impact.
This paper presents experimental and theoretical studies of heat transfer through single- and double-glazed windows with electrical heating of the internal surfaces.
This study explores how different laminated glass configurations and interlayer materials impact blast resistance performance.
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