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| Walker Glass is proud to publish a third-party-verified environmental product declaration on patterned acid-etched glass and on all of its AviProtek® bird friendly glass solutions.
| ASHRAE has released an expanded, revised version of a well-known energy standard.
| A ‘whole door system’ which combines secure locking with failsafe emergency evacuation features has been introduced by GEZE UK to meet the rigorous PAS 24 standard.
| The Steel Window Institute (SWI) has recently completed a periodic review and update of its Steel Windows and Doors Specifications and Detention Specifications.
| EuroWindoor has some concerns regarding the ECHA Annex XV Restriction Report and Proposal for a Restriction of Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde releasers, dated 7 March 2019 concerning windows, doors and facades (curtain walling).
| The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has updated a standard for adhesive systems designed to attach simulated divided lite (SDL) bars to glass.
| The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has updated a standard that can provide useful guidance when installing fenestration products.
| Harmonisation of the product standard for interior doors is no longer to be expected.
| Hydro Building Systems Germany GmbH is a leading player when it comes to living trends of the future. With its WICONA brand, the company is participating as a partner in the latest “Smart-Haus” project by the Schwäbisch Hall Building Society.
| “It was a great experience for me. I wouldn’t change a thing. I loved it all.” Thaddeus Szymkowiak, Certified Glazier.
| Mighton’s Avia Apple HomeKit smartlock is the first smartlock to be awarded two important Internet security standards.
| Principal Engineer Robert Jutras (UL/CLEB) hosted a seminar called, “The Canadian CSA A500 Building Guards Standard, Explained” during the 2019 Joint AAMA and IGMA Summer Conferences in Victoria, BC (June 17-20).
| AAMA 714-19, Voluntary Specification for Liquid Applied Flashing Used to Create a Water-Resistive Seal around Exterior Wall Openings in Buildings, was last updated in 2015.
| Earlier this year, Innotech Windows + Doors introduced the Defender 88PH System, a Passive House Institute (PHI) certified window system.
| GEZE UK is setting new standards having achieved the ISO 45001:2018 accreditation for Health and Safety – one of the first in the industry to gain the new award.
| All green building programs and the standards that support them are increasing in popularity and usage, according to Jon Smieja, Ph.D., Product Sustainability Manager at Andersen Corporation.
| The new 2019 California Energy Standards, slated to take effect January 1, 2020, continues the state’s pursuit of its goal to achieve zero net energy (ZNE) by 2020 for residences and by 2030 for commercial buildings.
| Hydro’s aluminium extrusion operations at the sites in Bellenberg, Germany, and Lichtervelde, Belgium, have become its latest operations to be certified to the ASI Performance Standard.
| NGA is pleased to announce that Urmilla Sowell, Technical and Advocacy Director for NGA, will jointly present a workshop at the upcoming Glass Performance Days (GPD) 2019, taking place June 26-28 in Tampere, Finland.
| Friday March 15th, Bertrand Cazes, Secretary General of Glass for Europe, intervened at the Energy Efficiency Expert Group meeting on the calculation of energy savings under Article 7.