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News

POLFLAM impressed at BAU 2025 with its innovative fire-resistant glazing solutions, GAIA and BR.
New dynamic glass delivers true-to-life views & neutral aesthetics
Şişecam has become a strategic member of the research and technology membership organisation Glass Futures.
Glass Technology has partnered with HORN to establish a groundbreaking low-iron solar glass production facility in the UAE.
Saint-Gobain Glass and Eckersley O’Callaghan unite to drive the market toward low-carbon façades.
The 40” x 60” format is significant for the industry and a major commercialization milestone for NEXT Energy.
Maltha Glass Recycling, a leading European recycler and Renewi subsidiary, announces a successful pilot test with Saint-Gobain.
As the EU tackles the housing crisis, Glass for Europe highlights energy efficiency as key to affordability, offering recommendations to support sustainable, cost-effective homes.
Saint-Gobain Glass France recently carried out a successful trial at its Aniche plant, integrating a bioliquid from the wood industry as an alternative energy source in the manufacture of flat glass for the building sector.
This Tuesday January 28th, Glass for Europe had the pleasure of visiting SOLTECH NV’s facilities accompanied by French Member of the European Parliament, Marina Mesure.
Last year, Diageo and Glass Futures announced an expansion of their partnership into key regions such as India to explore effective routes for decarbonising the global glass industry.
Diamon-Fusion® Coating for Solar Panels: Enhancing Durability and Efficiency
Glass for Europe presents its recommendations for the Clean Industrial Deal to ensure competitiveness and sustainability in the flat glass sector.
Apply by 28 Feb. to drive façade innovation further!
Glass for Europe outlines key recommendations to align industrial competitiveness with ambitious decarbonisation goals.
New production line to drive recycling rates towards 100%

Articles

This paper begins with an overview of the different types of modules and their applications. It discusses building regulations including the necessary structural analysis and testing verifications.
Evaluation Framework and Preliminary Results
This study examines the potential benefits of Electrophoretic Light Modulator (ELM) on an Amsterdam office's energy and daylight performance using dynamic simulation of a shoebox perimeter zone model.
A recent study by BV Glas and Stuttgart University outlines three pathways to achieve climate neutrality in the glass industry by 2045.
This paper aims to quantify the savings achieved through the ERM of secondary layer addition to existing glazed facades, for a high WWR office building in cooling and heating dominated climate locations.
This paper deals with the question of how old insulating glass units can be re manufactured to match the state of the art in terms of the energy efficiency.
The thesis examined the barriers to recovering end of life glass from commercial projects in London, and identified the drivers that will open pathways for glass to be recycled.
Increasing the circularity of flat glass does not only mean to collect glass cullet from internal and pre- consumer processes. It also means to use glass cullet from the post- consumer applications, such as residential or commercial buildings.
This research examines the viability of recycling soda lime glass from post-consumer Insulated Glass Units (IGU), mixing various types of architectural glass cullet and fusing them into flat plates by using electric kilns.
In order to minimize the environmental impact of glass by preserving the embodied carbon and substituting newly produced glasses, the reuse of glass is considered to be of the highest potential.
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