SAGE Saint-Gobain, the world leader in providing innovation-building solutions, has developed an advanced dynamic tinted glass to optimize daylight in buildings. SageGlass is a smarter system compared to conventional sun controls such as; ...
New Low-E Commercial Glass to Debut at AIA National Convention - Guardian Industries announces SunGuard Neutral 78/65, the newest addition to the SunGuard portfolio of low-E glass coatings. SunGuard Neutral 78/65 offers high visible ...
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Glass or window and door pundits who have hoped for a Moore’s Law like effect to hit our industry and consistently drive technological advances in a timely manner may finally be in luck. Oh, we may not realize the speed or intensity ...
Tags: Glass Technologies, Energy Savings
The newly completed 62 Buckingham Gate building, hailed by Land Securities as the jewel of its extensive transformation of London's Victoria district, owes its striking glazed facade to Saint-Gobain Glass. Conceived by architects ...
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PPG Industries’ coil and extrusion coatings group will debut NEWLAR powder coatings and highlight its existing line of DURANAR liquid and powder coatings at the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention and Expo ...
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Starting today, Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) will showcase advanced automotive glazing technologies at its booth during the 2013 Japanese Society of Automotive Engineering (JSAE) World Congress, held May 22 through May 24 in ...
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Guardian Industries will launch a first-of-its-kind BIM solution and launch a new SunGuard low-E glass for commercial applications in Booth 1916 at the 2013 AIA Convention in Denver June 20-22. Guardian’s new web-based BIM ...
BAY CITY, MI — Faded, darkened and broken glass obscured the beautiful stained glass windows in the nave of Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant in Bay City. Over the past month, two artists have been giving the windows a ...
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Russ Leslie, associate director and professor at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer, along with Leora Radetsky, research scientist, and Aaron Smith, former research specialist, have been awarded the prestigious Leon Gaster Award ...
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Solar dog houses have particular appeal to folks living in the cold northern climes. The basic idea is to keep your dog warm by employing solar technology in the dog house design. If you peruse Google Groups, you'll come across a number ...
Cedar is a very popular wood for dog houses for a number of reasons: The oil in cedar is a natural deterrent to fleas, ticks and termites, the wood is very decay resistant, it does not require painting (assuming you don't mind the rustic ...
Controlling solar heat gain in buildings is an ongoing challenge for design professionals, but a new PVB interlayer from Eastman Chemical Company, called Saflex® SG, offers significant advantages for those designing projects in hot ...
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NFRC Expands Ratings to Allow Certain Shading Devices April 12, 2013 Organizations At its spring meeting this past week, the National Fenestration Rating Council’s board of directors approved changes to NFRC 100 and NFRC 200, ...
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Virtually imperceptible coating transmits, reflects true ambient color, light - PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has introduced SOLARBAN(R) 67 glass, a solar control, low-emissivity glass with a soft, imperceptible neutral coating that gives ...
Tags: Solarban, PPG, Architectural Glass Aesthetic
The attractive new façade covering the four towers at Sowwah Square in the heart of Abu Dhabi’s new Central Business District (CBD) provides another stunning example of the functional and structural capabilities of ...
Tags: DuPont, SentryGlas, Abu Dhabi