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AGNORA received its first shipment of jumbo, oversize Saint Gobain Glass (SGG) high performance LowE coated glass on a low iron "Diamant" float substrate base.
Europe’s energy intensive industries are probably divided on the merits of power savings targets for 2030, but if the right mix of unambiguous and universal targets and measures can be agreed – and explained – opposition could fade away, argues…
Highly insulating fenestration technologies could reduce energy by 18 percent    Karma Sawyer, technology manager and physical scientist in the Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office’s (BTO) Emerging Technologies Program, delivered a…
Implementation date extended to January 2015; Window and skylight criteria adjusted     Doug Anderson, manager of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® program, provided insight into the rationale the EPA used in developing…
At XL Services, in the user sophisticated Bestech Business Park at Gurgaon, office interior design stands a class apart.   And it is because the entire definition of office interiors stands redefined.
New high-performance glass products offer protection against fire and ballistic attacks / Fire protection a core business at founding site for 35 years now    The international technology group SCHOTT invited representatives of the German Federal…
The Swiss Reinsurance Company Limited – also known as Swiss Re, 30 St Mary Axe, and Gherkin – is a classic example of contemporary architecture.   Its impressive glass facade is visible from a long distance, as much as 32 kms away.
The fact that for functional municipal buildings, aesthetics and design need not be the decisive criteria, is proven by the extension to the town hall in Baden's Waghäusel: clear in its form and, thanks to ultra-modern triple insulating glasses…
Saint-Gobain has invested EUR 6 million in a new laminated glass production line at its Romanian factory in Calarasi.
Wrightstyle Limited is an international specialist glazing company. Lee Coates leads research, development and testing for the company’s steel and aluminium systems which mitigate against fire, bomb/blast and ballistic attack.
The Cascade Meadow Wetlands & Environmental Science Center in Rochester, Minn., is using dynamic SageGlass® to achieve its sustainability goals while educating students and the community on cutting-edge green building technologies.
B. Santhanam has his pulse on two key sectors of the economy – automobiles and construction. While the slowdown in the former does worry him, he is more than happy at the developments in the latter.   Photo:B.
GPAD 2014, organized by software specialist FeneTech will be held in the JW Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in New Orleans from March 20-21, 2014.
A leading UK steel and aluminium glazing company has supplied and installed advanced systems for a newly-opened university faculty in Malta.
The Group was singled out along with nine major industrial companies and three research organizations in France.  The Top 100 Global Innovators program identifies the companies and research structures that are the most active in terms of innovation.
Once every two years, the European Union awards excellence in architecture. INGLASS Warsaw 2014 has as special guest architect Ósbjørn Jacobsen, the winner of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, Mies van der Rohe Award 2013.     …
The final stage of the £550 million redevelopment of London’s King’s Cross station has been completed, with the iconic station at the heart of a £2.2 billion regeneration of the surrounding district.
The E-Tower is the world record holder for concrete resistance with a floor to ceiling lobby that stands at 10 metres.
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) National Fall Conference will be held in Baltimore, Oct. 27-30.
Glass and colour - a combination with a special radiance. On no other ground do colours have such a brightness and appearance of depth as they do on glass.    That makes coloured glass an extremely versatile design element in the field of interior…
Unique fritted glass preserves original landscape of iconic museum while enhancing new visitor experience.
The innovative use of a double-skin Clima façade based on a specification provided by Saint-Gobain Glass has created one of the major energy-efficiency features for One Angel Square, said to be one of the most sustainable large buildings in Europe.
Ardagh today announced that it is in the process of restructuring its proposed acquisition of the Verallia North America (“VNA”) business by selling, contingent on closing of its agreement with Saint-Gobain to acquire VNA, four glass container…
Partitions are an integral component of interiors; they are required to reveal only that much that is necessary and yet give that much-needed privacy.
The newly completed 62 Buckingham Gate building, hailed by Land Securities as the jewel of its extensive transformation of London’s Victoria district, owes its striking glazed facade to Saint-Gobain Glass.