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The Louvre (as the Musee du Louvre is popularly called), is the world’s most visited, and among the largest museums in the world.      The glass roofs adorning it are a shimmering reminder of the fact that it is one of Paris’ best-known landmarks.…
SWISSPACER warm edge spacer bar has been specified in windows for Devonshire Homes’ luxury housing development near Bristol.   Bracken Hill is an exclusive development of townhouses and coach houses in Leigh Woods, Bristol, on the site of the former…
Gov. Jay Nixon was joined today by leadership from CertainTeed Corporation at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company’s new $100 million manufacturing and distribution center in Jonesburg, Mo.
Leading UK glass processor and distributor Glassolutions Solaglas is growing with the opening of a new branch in Gateshead to enhance its service to the door and window industry and building trades in the North East of England.
As the trend for greener buildings is growing, the need to design building facades aimed at preventing bird collisions is increasing.     Numerous studies have been made relating to bird collisions in cities around the world.
Since 1st March 2013, Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland (SGGD) has been the first flat glass manufacturer to become a member of the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council).
LIFE+ Environment Policy & Governance projects are pilot projects that contribute to the development of innovative policy ideas, technologies, methods and instruments.
The First Plaza is a commercial complex located in the quaint, historic town of Metz in France. The Lazard Group Real Estate has developed this sustainable building, based on design by Unanime Architects.
Saint-Gobain shareholders responded favorably to the dividend reinvestment option, with 72.5% of the total dividend to be paid in stock.
REEL Solar Inc.(RSI) announces 1.5 square meter cadmium telluride (CdTe) modules which will be available from RSI's exclusive regional manufacturing partners.
Pennsylvania’s Grove City College is using dynamic glass from SAGE as its showpiece feature in a new sustainably-designed building for science, engineering and mathematics education, known as STEM Hall.
Pear, raspberry and pistachio - what sounds like a delicious ice-cream sundae, are three of the nine new shades of the lacquered glass SGG PLANILAQUE EVOLUTION which thus correspond to the current trend towards fruity natural colours.
Saint-Gobain Glass has launched SGG DECORGLASS, a range of clear patterned glass.      Providing an alternative to what is currently available on the market, this exclusive range offers six new designs creatively named WATERDROP, ENTRELAZADO,…
With more than five years of successful CE marking compliance behind it and an easy-to-use web portal in place, GLASSOLUTIONS has moved to reassure window fabricators and installers concerned about the change in law on 1st July.
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/ research/d335hb/global_automotive) has announced the addition of the "Global Automotive Glass Market 2012-2016" report to their offering.
A Gateshead-based milling equipment manufacturer has secured important new investment as it targets further growth in international bulk materials, glass recycling and powder processing markets.
As key components of the hospitality sector, there’s more to hotels & restaurants than just ambience and aesthetics.
In conjunction with its parent company Saint-Gobain, CertainTeed Corporation is dispatching a powerhouse of Building Knowledge experts to Denver for the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention, June 20-22.
One of the best-backed players in the smart glass industry, Sage Electrochromics Inc., is making some of its first deliveries from the world's largest electrochromic glazing plant, one capable of producing up to 4 million square feet of glass…
As an option, the new VW Golf can be fitted with a year-round windscreen, which can be offered for the first time in its class.     The new windscreen combines the advantages of the infra-red reflecting windscreen with those of wire heating to…
The ITC Centre at Gurgaon, India, spanning an area of 1, 70,000 sq.ft. Has the unique distinction of being the World’s largest LEED Platinum Certified Building, courtesy its status of a green office.
The world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry and its partners gets underway     Munich, June 19, 2013 – Today, the doors to the world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry reopened at Messe München.
Within the framework of the celebration of the World Environment Day, Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: VITROA) (“Vitro” or “the Company”), leading glass manufacturer in Mexico, released its 2012 Sustainable Development Report, which includes the actions,…
Bürkle unites three process steps in one line – the variety of products remains unsurpassed    The market conditions for solar modules are tense, the profit situation of manufacturing companies likewise.