Does your glazier or glass supplier engage in best practice? Australian Standards and their absolute adherence are essential to ensure the protection and safety of people living and working in residential and commercial buildings. ...
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The glass used for windows in buildings, homes, and cars, while offering the advantage of letting light in, often compromises the privacy that the occupants desire, and can also let in more than the desired amount of heat. Tinted glass, ...
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The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for a microwaveable bacon package for Embotits Espina, a ...
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Transport and Technical Services (TTS) on the isle of Jersey is continuing to push ahead with a programme of regeneration as it replaces further street lights in a bid to improve energy efficiency and cut light pollution. Old and corroded ...
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Viracon Inc. announced it will make an investment of more than $30 million at its Owatonna, Minn., for a new coater. According to the announcement, Viracon is adding the new line at the Owatonna facility because it contains the ...
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Marks & Spencer (M&S) will unveil a new property lease policy at next week's Ecobuild 2013 (5th – 7th March). All new M&S stores will now have ‘green' clauses as standard enabling landlords and tenants to better manage a ...
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Pike Research forecasts the market for commercial building energy systems to grow from $3.9 billion in revenue in 2013 to more than $7.5 billion in 2022 in new report. The commercial buildings market is currently the largest source of ...
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a preliminary commercial building energy asset score to apply to a large variety of commercial building types across the United States, and currently is seeking industry input on issues ...
Glass provides building designers with fascinating creative options, and the popularity of the material has increased dramatically over the last decade. This has led to growing demand for glass over other construction materials like cement, ...
With the UK languishing in the ‘relegation zone’ of Europe’s renewable energy league table behind countries such as Spain, Greece and France, you might have hoped that the UK Government would at least have been motivated ...
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PPG Industries announced that it recently surpassed 1,000 requests for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design documentation for its architectural glass products. According to five-year data from PPG’s flat glass business, one ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today announced it has launched an education initiative that shows how the design and construction industry can use a provision in the tax code to help win business and save energy in the process. ...
LED lighting is increasingly being used in a number of different guises throughout the world as people are becoming more aware of their energy efficiency. Not long ago, the illuminations were thought to be too costly for consumers and ...
China - The 1912 blocks of the trendy Nanjing, China are draped in history and modern luxuries. The year 1912 is known as one of the most bustling and prosperous periods in the history of Nanjing and the district carries over the historical ...
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With a width of 5.2 mm, Phoenix Contact’s compact PTB 2,5 three-level terminal blocks provide high flexibility when wiring emergency lighting. In commercial buildings, standard lighting is often also used as emergency lighting, which ...
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