Saint-Gobain Glass has launched SGG COOL-LITE XTREME – an extremely selective solar control glass. SGG COOL-LITE XTREME is the UK's first triple-silver solar control glass, giving it a selectivity of 2.14 – this is the ratio ...
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In the European Union, buildings account for 40 percent of total energy consumption. As a result, sustainable, energy-efficient architecture can make a vital contribution to environmental protection. Building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) ...
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Visitors from the fields of mechanical engineering, industry, skilled trades, architects/(façade) planners as well as the solar sector all gave glasstec 2012 a ‘good report’. Alongside the positive mood for the future ...
Pottery miniature courtyard among the burials during the Three Kingdom Period (220-280) unearthed from Echeng Hubei, showing ancient Chinese residential building in five elements and eight diagram styles. Residential building featuring ...
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Ford Motor has opened an€11.6m expansion of its Design Centre at Merkenich-Cologne,Germany,which features an open and fluid design to help promote idea exchange. As part of the expansion,the company has also installed a powerwall ...
In August 2012,Marimekko announced it would open three new company-owned stores this year in major cities on the East and West Coasts of the United States.Now the West Coast flagship store opens in Beverly Hills;Marimekko already has a ...
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ITV plc has scheduled to install multicoloured lighting on its South Bank tower as part of the broadcaster's relaunch to be unveiled in the new year. It has applied to Lambeth Council for advertisement consent for the installation of ...
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It is 50 years since laser scientist Dr Nick Holonyak and his team of researchers at General Electric made the breakthrough with a new type of alloy that allowed them to create the first practical, visible-spectrum LED and paved the way for ...
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Glass panels that have fallen from the walls of two luxury estates have been diagnosed with "glass cancer", which is caused by an impurity common in tempered glass and which can be prevented only by stringent quality control. Expansion of ...
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Glasstec 2012 sent out clear signals in an ambivalent economic climate. This was the general tone expressed by the large majority of the about 43,000 trade visitors. Far more than half these specialists assess the future economic climate in ...
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At a press conference at glasstec in Dusseldorf for Glass Performance Days(GPD)yesterday,Guardian president Scott Thomsen and Viracon president Kelly Schuller,gave previews of their coming presentations at the Tampere,Finland event,which ...
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Microsoft has officially launched Windows 8 ahead of the commercial release of its operating system (OS) and Surface tablet worldwide on Friday. The new OS has been designed for use on desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones ...
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UNIQLO,the global clothing retailer,opens its new San Francisco store at 111 Powell Street on Friday,October 5th. At 29,000 square feet,the three-story Union Square store marks UNIQLO's first flagship store on the West Coast and will ...
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UNIQLO,the global clothing retailer,opens its new San Francisco store at 111 Powell Street on Friday,October 5th. At 29,000 square feet,the three-story Union Square store marks UNIQLO's first flagship store on the West Coast and will ...
Tags: UNIQLO, flagship store, West Coast
Artistic Licence Engineering will be launching dVnet, its eagerly anticipated digital video-to-network converter, at LuxLive 2012. Following a tantalising preview earlier this year, the full power of dVnet will be shown to remarkable effect ...
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