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Established hardware supplier Carl F Petersen Ltd has added the Trojan Mega Egress hinge to its broadening hardware range.
W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., 16 July 2009 - Inert gases that are found in insulating glass units help make windows more energy efficient.
and chief executive officer. “Clearly, we are continuing to experience very challenging conditions in many of our end-use markets.
A year ago, it seemed like gigawatt-sized solar factories were just around the corner, with companies such as Sharp and Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary Showa Shell Sekiyu unveiling plans to build 1 GW thin-film solar plants.
As reported by The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, and discovered by researcher Daniel Klem Jr., the best window covering for the job was an exterior film with evenly spaced ultraviolet UV-reflecting and UV-absorbing patterns.
On July 10, 2009, Chief Executive Officer Pierre-André de Chalendar inaugurated in the presence of José Socrates, Portugal's Prime Minister and Fernando Texeira dos Santos, Minister of Economy and Innovation, Saint-Gobain’s first and largest…
The sunny, Central Washington town of Cle Elum could be the site of the world's largest solar photovoltaic power plant, if a Washington company makes good on plans announced today.
Carl F Petersen Ltd has celebrated twenty years supplying window and door fittings from its Corby distribution facility. Over the last two decades, Carl F has increased its range to offer over 10,000 products to the trade market.
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio, July 6, 2009 – PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced Audioguard coating – a waterborne, spray-applied coating that provides vibration damping and reduces vehicle noise – for commercial coatings customers.
GROSSROEHRSDORF, Germany – June 24, 2009. Today Sunfilm AG announced that all its larger size thin-film solar modules have now also received IEC 61646/EN 61730 certification.
The semi-transparent "ASI THRU" photovoltaic modules from SCHOTT are now being put to use in Romainville, a suburb of Paris, for the first time ever in France.
Meeting place for senior citizens in Romainville becomes the first building in France to have “ASI” modules from SCHOTT on top of its roof Düsseldorf, June 23, 2009 – The semi-transparent “ASI THRU” photovoltaic modules from SCHOTT are now being put…
Dow Corning wants U.S. federal lawmakers to set new policies to boost the solar energy sector, the producer of silicon-based materials said on Wednesday.
Global demand for windows and doors (fenestration) is forecast to grow 4.3 percent per annum to $167 billion in 2013, roughly one-half the pace achieved between 2003 and 2008.
Faster and cheaper deposition of TCO layers for photovoltaic applications through new rotatable sputter target – demonstration on booth 7413.
Glass and window restoration and replacement company, The Glass Guru, headquartered in Roseville, Calif., launched franchises in California, Oregon, Texas and Florida, according to a June 15 release.
Coatings with neutral appearance to reduce heat load for comfort, lower operating costsPARIS, June 12, 2009 – PPG Industries’ (NYSE:PPG) aerospace transparencies business is developing coating technology for aircraft cockpit and passenger-cabin…
Leaded glass windows created by Classic Glass Inc. in Alexandria, Va., were recently featured in an episode of the HGTV’s show, Curb Appeal.
Insulating glass with blind system is a new energy-efficient product, which installs the blind inside of the Sealed insulating glass.
A new PV incentives program was introduced in Greece last week. The new program covers rooftop PV systems up to 10 KWp (both for residential users and small companies) and establishes a new feed-in tariff (FIT) for such systems.
For years now, Fenzi’s focus on environmental protection has been one of the distinguishing features of the company, a world leader in chemical products designed specifically for the secondary processing of flat glass.
Thermoseal Group is set to be the UK nationwide distributor of ScreenLine® Integrated Blinds – an advanced tilting and lifting blind system which is encapsulated within a double glazing unit and operated without compromising the unit’s hermetic seal.
The modern science of nanotechnology, the highly-advanced manipulation of matter at a molecular level, and which is set to revolutionise every aspect of our lives in the next decade or so, was in fact invented by a medieval glazier.
The solar revolution is here. With its comprehensive know-how in float bath and glass coating technology, Stewart Engineers has developed the AcuraFloat™ System, a proprietary float bath furnace design totally integrated and optimized for an on-line…
Guardian Industries now offers Neutral 70, an easy-to-process, fabricator-friendly low-E glass that is higher performing and more aesthetically pleasing than pyrolytic low-E glass.