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This EPB building is located in the new “Lyon Smart Community” area, ie Confluence. Designed by the Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma and realized by Bouygues immobilier, this 12 800 m² block is made up of 3 buildings.
SolarWindow Technologies, Inc., today announced that performance tests of its transparent electricity-generating coatings for glass and flexible plastics have produced favorable outcomes for glass-to-glass lamination processes.
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The international technology group SCHOTT AG has closed the sales of its CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) business to Rioglass Solar by agreement with the regulatory bodies.
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As part of an ongoing programme of security testing to PAS 24, leading sustainable building envelope specialist Schueco UK reports an increase in the number of its sliding door systems that meet this police-approved standard.   Newly qualifying…
Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial sliding, folding, and stacking glass walls, doors, windows, and screens; conservatories; sunrooms; greenhouses; skylights; and curtain walls; has received the patent for…
12,000 coloured solar panels spread across 6,000 square metres to make Copenhagen school first in the world with complete photovoltaic façade
Xinyi Group, one of China's top glass manufacturers, is building a major glass production plant in Malaysia as part of the Chinese government's “One belt and one road” strategic plan.
When it comes to building homes and offices, glass is considered the material of choice by architects and designers across the globe. It has numerous advantages and various properties which makes it ideal to use in most places in interiors and…
World's first from Dresden: SOLARWATT GmbH is now also offering the SOLARWATT 60M high power module with an output of 300 watt peak (Wp). The German solar pioneer is now the first company to produce a glass-glass model in this variant and with…
The Solar Protection and Control Industry will have its own space in VETECO, the trade fair organised by IFEMA which will be held in the “FERIA DE MADRID” from 25 to 28 October, ideal dates for the professional sector.
Heliatek R&D teams reached a record conversion efficiency of 13.2% for an OPV multi-junction cell, setting a new world record for the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity using organic photovoltaic cells.
Toughened glass, also known as tempered glass, is one of the most widely used glass products in the world.
Wrightstyle, the Devizes-based steel and aluminium glazing supplier, has helped to complete Lidl’s first new concept shop in Northern Ireland that boasts wider aisles in a state-of-the-art energy efficient building.
Heliatek will use the unique platform of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, which is taking place in Davos-Klosters from January 20-23, 2016, to present its disruptive technology of organic solar films.
When it comes to space planning in the hospitality industry, frameless glass wall systems can optimize space within very elegant architecture.
Wrightstyle is a leading UK advanced glazing company and supplies its steel and aluminium systems worldwide. Tim Kempster, the company’s managing director, looks at how glass absorbs sound.  We can’t see or smell it, but it’s one of the most…
At the Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards ceremony in London, Heliatek received the Renewable Energy Design Award 2015.  The German start-up, based in Dresden and Ulm, develops and produces HeliaFilm®, an organic solar film.
The minimal windows sliding glass doors from IQ Glass are one of the most popular architectural glazing elements that we design into any architectural project we are involved in.  The slim 21mm framing creates impressive glass elevations with…
Residents of the new Hampton by Hilton hotel in Newcastle upon Tyne can enjoy spectacular views across the city thanks to windows supplied by leading fenestration designer and manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems.
A modern and tasteful adaptation of the minimalist door-peephole (which has its genesis as a one-way spy hole).   Consider the upper third of a wooden front door.
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Screen printing on glass – that's an exceptionally felicitous combination, not least because it regularly leaves a smile on our customers' faces.