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HPDs verified for uncoated float, vacuum coated and UltraMirror® glass
Water is the resource of the future, and IMMMES is committed daily to its protection.
Birmingham revitalizes its Brutalist arena facade with a new curtain wall featuring Solarban® 72 Acuity® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.
Saint-Gobain Glass is excited to introduce INSIO®, the latest innovation in its product portfolio.
Glass for Europe outlines key recommendations to align industrial competitiveness with ambitious decarbonisation goals.
Guardian Glass is marking the 30th anniversary of the SunGuard™ architectural low-E coated glass product line in 2025.
New production line to drive recycling rates towards 100%
STRATO® SOLAR has launched a user-friendly website to showcase its products and innovative solutions.
NSG Group is pleased to announce the warm up of a newly converted TCO (transparent conductive oxide) facility in the United States.
The first Solar Generation project in Vitro was successfully launched, located on the roof of Coater 8 in Mexicali, Baja California
When it comes to energy-efficient windows, the role of gas filling in insulating glass units (IGUs) cannot be overstated.
Kuraray is excited to unveil Trosifol® R3, its most sustainable interlayer to date, designed to meet the growing demand for eco-friendly solutions in the architecture and automotive industries.
Following the ground-up construction of a unique R&D asset for the global glass industry, Glass Futures is entering a key stage in serving its international membership on the journey towards a fully decarbonised supply chain.
The first week of December was marked with two important events to discuss the role of energy efficiency and sustainable construction for the next five years.
British Glass has shared an update on the industry’s route to net zero, publishing the latest progress since the 2021 strategy release.
When comparing sealed units (insulating glass units, IGUs) with single-pane glass, several key performance metrics highlight the advantages of sealed units.

Articles

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.
A Future Scenario
‘glass technology live’ will showcase a promising new development along with many other innovations.
This article presents the metric avoided carbon for the reuse of aluminium unitised curtain wall façades, that are to be taken from a donor building and applied onto a receiving building.
A Composite Approach in the Design of Glass-Aluminium Facades to Minimise Embodied Carbon Emissions
The Feasibility of Recycled Glass as a Building Material With Additive Manufacturing

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