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| Companies to jointly promote self-tinting and low-emissivity glass - PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) and Pleotint, LLC, have renewed their agreement to jointly market a commercial window glass system that combines self-tinting SUNTUITIVE® glass by…
| Ever since glass has been featured as a mainstream commercial building material, architects have challenged manufacturers to find innovative ways to allow them to create new and exciting projects.
| The SOLARBAN(R) glass brand debuted 50 years ago, and for the past four decades, the PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) product has been selected for application on many prominent buildings that define the Dallas skyline.
| The DoC Dortmunder Centrum fur Medizin and Gesundheit (Dortmunder Center for Medicine and Public Health) at Dortmund, Germany, is the result of restoring a former building of WestLB near the main station.
| Plansee presented a new cooling system for molybdenum electrodes at the Glasstec trade fair in Düsseldorf. It is intended to protect against premature boiling water corrosion.    For decades, we have been well known among glass manufacturers for our…
| Achieving the best Window Energy Rating performance is now easier thanks to the launch of the new SGG PLANITHERM TOTAL+.
| Planitherm Glass is known for its energy efficient benefits and is regarded as being one of the market leading energy saving glass for windows.
| The former Kellogg Cereal City Museum, in Battle Creek, Mich., has been transformed into the Battle Creek Area Math & Science Center, a cutting-edge facility with a commanding, contilevered glass curtain wall featuring Guardian SunGuard glass.
| Detection of smallest color deviations and coating defects – with advanced inspection technology for ribbon and plates - In architecture, coated glass is considered a standard option in new construction projects.
| It has been two years since the launch of the strategic alliance between AGC Glass Europe and Interpane Glas Industrie AG.
| Architect Jesse Lizer, AIA, and his wife, Shannon, live in the dream home that they imagined and built together in Dike, Iowa.
| Two beautifully designed £1.2 million family homes in the South Hertfordshire village of Cuffley were recently finished using a variety of products from the frameXpress range.
| Geodesic Glass Shell Gives Centre-Goers Panoramic View of Downtown Ottawa - The Ottawa Convention Centre in downtown Ottawa, ON, Canada has been outfitted with a 100-ft. rounded façade, featuring Viracon glass.
| Thin-film coatings impart new properties to glass in applications as diverse as window glazing, solar cells and touchscreens.
| The North Carolina Rules Review Commission has rejected the temporary rule, which allowed permit holders to opt-out of using low-e fenestration products in residential construction.
| Tutorial explains aesthetic and performance benefits of using reflective glass - PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has posted a new video about the benefits of designing with reflective glass in the PPG Glass Education Center, a comprehensive website that…
| Europe’s leading low-E glass has now been made better than ever with the launch of the next evolution of the acclaimed PLANITHERM TOTAL+ from Saint-Gobain Glass.
| Linetec offers “Antimicrobial Protection for Public Building Applications,” a new white paper. Co-authored by Linetec, The Sherwin-Williams Company and Microban International, Ltd., the paper is available free for download at Linetec.com   The new…
| Different building sectors have unique needs that drive design and materials selection. And the healthcare market has unique capabilities to bear on some troublesome solar control problems.
| The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has released AAMA 663-14, “Voluntary Specification for In-Process Quality Control Requirements for Applicators of Organic Coatings to Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Exterior Profiles," which…