NFRC is a non-profit organization that administers the only uniform, independent rating and labeling system for the energy performance of windows, doors, skylights, and attachment products. The National Fenestration Rating Council, ...
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PITTSBURGH, Dec. 6, 2012 – The Piedmont Natural Gas Operations Center in Nashville, Tenn., earned LEED(R) Gold certification last year, due in part to a comprehensive energy-management system that incorporates SOLARBAN(R) z50 solar ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) will preview SOLARBAN(R) 67 glass and showcase new SUNGATE(R) 600 glass during the GREENBUILD(R) International Conference and Expo in booth 1827S at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Nov. 14-15. ...
PPG Industries’ coil and extrusion coatings group received a 2012 Chairman’s Award from the Metal Construction Association (MCA) at METALCON, the annual conference dedicated to metal construction products, technologies and ...
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Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, near Beverly Hills, has upgraded more than 78,000 square feet of its guest room windows with Solar Gard® Armorcoat® Stainless Steel window film. The application provides significant energy savings and UV ...
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With more than a million square metres of Pilkington K Glass S already sold to date, it is fast becoming one of the most popular high performance glass products on the market. To mark the first birthday of Pilkington K Glass S, the NSG ...
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The NSG Group has launched a competition aimed at existing and potential customers in the UK and Ireland to celebrate the first birthday of Pilkington K Glass S. With more than a million square metres of Pilkington K Glass S already ...
Tags: glass, K Glass, sold to date, high performance, low-emissivity, soft coated
Researchers at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have proposed a new metric to help architects and builders more easily take advantage of the benefits of daylighting,from significant energy savings to the ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) announced that two projects featuring its glass were among the winners of the 2012 Glass Magazine Awards announced earlier this month. The awards recognize the best products and glass applications in 18 categories ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that two projects featuring its glass were among the winners of the 2012 Glass Magazine Awards announced earlier this month. The awards recognize the best products and glass applications in 18 categories ...
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The basics:Glass artist and Seattle native Dale Chihuly joined with the Seattle Center to create a glass installation located at the base of the Space Needle in Seattle.It includes the existing arcade building,which is now the exhibition ...
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A unique operating mode is developed to enhance distillation performance in this solar diffusion driven desalination process. Water and air recirculation in the process enhances distillation performance, and external water cooling for the ...
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A solar heat pump wastes minimal energy to heat or cool a home. It is an alternative to air conditioning and furnaces. Instead of generating heat, this system simply relocates it. During the summer, heat is moved out of an area to cool it ...
Your windows are vital to the integrity of your thermal envelope. What does that mean? It means that if there's going to be heat or cool air escaping from your home, or if heat or cold is seeping in from the outside, your windows are the ...
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The American Institute of Architects(AIA)and its Committee on the Environment(COTE)have selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment.The projects will be ...
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