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| Signature brand marks half-century as trailblazer in energy-efficient glass - With its gothic spires and subtly reflective glass façade, PPG Place has been a signature monument on the Pittsburgh skyline since it was erected in 1984.
| Self-cleaning glass also known as low maintenance glass leverages is an innovative dual-action process that involves decomposition of organic dirt on the windows by sunlight; which is later washed away in the rain.
| New SunGuard Product is Architectural Record Editors’ Choice - Guardian Industries Corp. has won an Architectural Record Record Products Award for Guardian SunGuard® SNX 51/23, the first commercial low-E glass product with visible light transmission…
| Diamon-Fusion International (DFI) announced it is the first hydrophobic protective coating company to have its products specifically reviewed for compliance in association with USGBC’s LEED rating system.
| Low-emissivity glass (low-E glass) is a type of energy-saving glass with low rate of thermal radiation, high heat-resistance performance, good light- and thermal-control abilities, mainly used in building, electronics, automobile and other fields.
| 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.