A well-engineered window or "light" in the right environment can transform a building project. However, David De Rose, executive vice president of restoration practice at Halsall Associates notes that it isn’t a question of whether ...
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Oxford Photovoltaics, a commercial offshoot of the University of Oxford, has developed colorful and transparent glass that can generate electricity from the sun’s energy. This semi-transparent dyed glass that acts as a solar panel ...
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Glass tower apartment homes tout panoramic views of the neighborhood and city skyline beyond. And yet, a whopping three out of five residents in such modern digs draw the curtains, according to a new study. “It’s a ...
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Glass LLC, glass pioneers in the Middle East and wholly owned by Dubai Investments (DI) PJSC, the largest investment company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, hosted international experts, investors and manufacturers from the glass ...
Glass buildings 'can be worst enemy'. Glasshouses may be good for a garden city, but they are not good for people, an energy efficiency group says. Energy Management Association of New Zealand chief executive Ewan Gebbie said the ...
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Toronto, Mississauga and the GTA need their glass consciousness raised. Building experts say resiliency and energy efficiency are going out the window with all those floor-to-ceiling glass walls being installed in the city's towering ...
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UK - Ready Steady Light is a lighting competition with around 18 teams of lighting professionals who will have three hours to design and set up a temporary lighting installation in the grounds of Rose Bruford College. The event will be ...
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The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E1300, "Standard Practice for Determining Load Resistance of Glass in Buildings," has been updated from its 2009 version, according to the Schaumburg, Ill.-based American Architectural ...
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Concerned about the increasing number of people working in swank glass facade buildings suffering from various health problems,the municipal corporation has decided to appoint a microbiologist as an infection control officer. The ...
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While visiting a Rosedale house a few weeks ago,I glanced out an upstairs window and caught sight of the glistening,almost-finished tower of the new Four Seasons hotel and condo complex.I was surprised to see it,since uninterrupted ...
Building materials are those products which are used for the construction of homes and other buildings. There are many varieties of materials used for constructing houses. In some countries, materials are used according to the climatic ...
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We will be looking at three environmentally friendly construction methods: ·Insulating buildings: cutting C02 emissions by reducing energy loss via glass. ·Generating energy: cutting energy consumption by using glass as a ...
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