Turkeybuild 2013, which will be carried out at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul on April 24-28, 2013. BASF will be presenting its numerous solutions, including products to raise the energy efficiency of buildings as well as ...
Tags: Energy Efficiency, Construction
The volume of packaged LEDs used in signage & professional displays worldwide will grow from 57 billion units in 2012 and will reach 143 billion in 2018, according to a report from market research firm ElectroniCast Consultants. The value ...
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Sphinx Glass has been working on the major local projects and has just finished with two new buildings in the booming business district of Egypt: Fifth Settlement. We are glad to present the Cairo Festival City - El Fotaim Project, ...
Tags: Pro Glass, Glass, Glass Products
APAC sales to grow 23% per year but revenues stay flat as unit price falls. Demand for LEDs for displays forecast to boom over next five years. The global volume of light emitting diodes installed in signage and professional displays ...
Tags: LEDs, LED Displays, Lighting
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 ...
Tags: Controlling solar, Construction
A new residential building is rising at the upper end of New York's skyline. Located on the corner of 56th Park Avenues, this slender building, which almost looks fragile, will be 420 meters high (approx. 1,377 feet). This is 3 meters ...
Media facades have been highly acclaimed in the architectural and other industrial spheres owing to their ground-breaking technology and innovative designs. They may be built of different types of glass. When one talks about the term ...
Christchurch patricians the Stewart family have unveiled an engineered timber and glass design that will replace the quake-damaged Princess St office of its business Skope Industries. Skope chairman Robert Stewart said his family would ...
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The presence of Mediaglass has been reinforced due to the entry of H.E. Sheikh Khalid Nasser Al-Thani through the technological investment company QID into the share capital of the company. After the creation of the first full ...
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Automobile showrooms demand glazing solutions of the highest caliber. The huge, shimmering facades of glass require the best of clarity & transparency, allowing clear visibility even in passing. Auto showrooms also see a high ...
Tags: Solar Control Glass, Coloured Glass, Volkswagen Showrooms
Never before has the façade industry been as challenged to innovate as it is now. Aurecon’s Steve Daniels, Global Façade Leader, and Greg Borman, Façade Engineer, discuss the changing face of façade design, ...
Tags: buildings, building practices, building skin
Pilkington Planar™ has been used to transform a Grade II Listed building into a state of the art youth centre in Middlesbrough. Prior to renovation the Georgian building, last used in 2001, was in a virtually derelict state. ...
Tags: Pilkington glazing, building, Glass
What is corrosion? It is the gradual degradation of material, normally metals, by chemical reaction with its environment. Rusting is the formation of iron oxides and is a common example of electrochemical corrosion. Corrosion can also occur ...
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Glass for Europe is the trade association for Europe’s manufacturers of flat glass. Flat glass is the material that goes into a variety of end products and primarily in windows and facades for buildings, windscreens and windows for ...
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Saint-Gobain Glass has glazed the facades of the House of Astronomy, located at Heidelberg, Germany. Saint-Gobain Glass at House of Astronomy, Germany - Via Saint Gobain Glass India Flickr Photo stream The building, which is used to ...