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A WRAL News investigation into windows that reflect sunlight like a big magnifying glass has the state considering a change to the building code.   State building code requires Low-E windows for their energy-saving benefits.  They have a coating…
Bendheim Wall Systems Inc. offers a variety of exterior and interior channel glass systems, allowing architects and designers to create virtually seamless glass walls, up to 23’ high and limitless in length, including corners and serpentine walls.
Ultra-clear glass will be made with ‘greenest’ float glass furnace technology - PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that it will manufacture STARPHIRE® ultra-clear glass using oxy-fuel furnace technology at its float glass plant in Fresno,…
Façade – the term derives from Latin and means face. This is not the only reason why a design should not only be practical but cater to architectural demands as well.
Research Frontiers (NASDAQ: REFR) and Diamond Glass announced today that Diamond Glass has acquired a license from Research Frontiers Inc. to make and sell SPD-SmartGlass architectural smart window products throughout Europe.
New Stadium Featuring Glass Façade, Balustrade, Lounges Will Host Opening Match of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™  AGC, a world-leading supplier of glass, chemicals, ceramics and other high-tech materials and components, today announced the company has…
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has announced that the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, which recently became the first project to earn a four-star rating through THE SUSTAINABLE SITES INITIATIVE™ program, or SITES™…
Glass facades have become a $100 million-a-year industry in the Christchurch rebuild, but most of those dollars are now going offshore.
Demonstrating the Energy-saving Performance of Low-E Glass ATTOCH™ Applied to Windows of the Main Building of the City Government  - AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) and the City of Kitakyushu (…
Summary: The 2014 study has 565 pages, 303 tables and figures. Worldwide markets for Low Iron Glass for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) are poised to achieve significant growth based on an expectation of rapid adoption of CSP worldwide.
Expanding to serve customers throughout western Canada, Technoform Glass Insulation North America, Inc. (TGI NA) has partnered with Coniston Products Ltd., based in Delta, British Columbia.
Cool-gray glass helps glazing systems meet new Title 24, LEED v4 energy targets - PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced SOLARBAN® z75 glass, a solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass with a proven track record of international success, in…
At this year’s fensterbau/frontale show in Nuremberg, UNIGLAS once again provides convincing proof that it’s unique as an independent cooperative group.
Guardian Glass UK is pleased to announce the launch of ClimaGuard DS, an advanced soft coat Low E glass which has similar durability and performance to alternative hard coat Low E options.
Wrightstyle, the Devizes-based steel and glass company, has offered its response to the Chancellor’s Budget.  The Budget comes in a week when Chancellor George Osborne said that the government needed to carry on backing businesses, large and small,…
Serving the unique needs of Quebec’s window and door industry, Technoform Bautec North America, Inc. announces its partnership with Quincaillerie Rabel, Inc.
Buildings in public works are expected to be more energy-saving efficient and comfortable  AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) announces that its Low-E glass ATTOCH™, which is ideal for energy-…
AGC (Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.; Head Office: Tokyo; President & CEO: Kazuhiko Ishimura) announces that its Low-E glass ATTOCHTM, which is ideal for energy-saving renovations of buildings, etc., received the “Energy Conservation Center, Japan…
Switchable Privacy Glass Coping With The Heat - Glass is a pretty good conductor of ambient temperature be it cold or heat, but this is also one of its deficiencies.
Steel systems specialist, Schueco Jansen, has just introduced a range of steel windows and doors that can achieve ultra-low ‘U’ values thanks to a newly developed isolator made from glass fibre-reinforced polyurethane.
Paarhammer Windows & Doors has introduced a new range of glass facades designed to deliver energy efficiency and sustainability.
Sentech's structural glass systems fuse structural strength with transparent beauty at Empire City Casinos at Yonkers Raceway.   This project features Sentech's Vetrapoint Wall & Vetrastep Stairs system.
Sometimes in life or in business things happen that make you say to yourself “…well, that makes sense”.
Diamond Glass was appointed by Gem Joinery to manufacture all the glazing units for a high-profile project in the UK which the Irish Times recently covered.
UNIGLAS® | FACADE Timber-Glass-Composite elements are the products to watch at this year's Fensterbau frontale.