Architectural aluminium glazing systems specialist,Technal,has opened a new purpose-designed and highly sustainable headquarters in India featuring its Géode-MX curtain walling and brise soleil sun shading systems. The 4,000sqm ...
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The National Fenestration Rating Council's(NFRC)board of directors approved the Rating Committee's NFRC 705 Documentation Trail Audit ballot during its fall meeting last week in Portland,Ore. According to the NFRC,the ballot modifies the ...
Tags: NFRC, Portland, auto parts&accessories, CMA
As the design,specification and use of advanced glazing products continues to advance,so,too,will the need for performance modeling.In this respect,the American Institute of Architects(AIA)has released An Architect's Guide to Integrating ...
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The National Fenestration Rating Council announced that the following members have been elected to the 2013 board of directors: Traco's Sneh Kumar; Jeff Baker of WESTLab Canada; Mahabir Bhandari of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and ...
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Glaston Corporation and Constellation Software Inc., acting through its wholly owned subsidiary Friedman Corporation, have today signed a definite and binding agreement for the sale of 100% of the shares in Albat+Wirsam Software GmbH ...
Glass Expo Midwest™, the leading provider of regional glass education for the Midwest area, will be held at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Chicago (Schaumburg), Ill. from October 31 - November 1, 2013. ...
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While U.S. attendance at Fenestration China was almost non-existent, a last minute scheduling change no doubt had a lot to do with that low U.S. attendance. The event was first scheduled to take place November 8-10 but as a result of ...
Tags: low-E coatings, hard coat pyrolytic low-E coatings, glass, window
Fenestration Canada hosted a webinar this week in an attempt to educate everyone from building officials to architects about the various changes to the building codes.It was evident from the dozens of questions asked at the webinar's ...
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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association(AAMA)has released guidelines to assist architects,manufacturers,designers and owners,establish a model for aluminum composites utilizing polyamide thermal barriers.The QAG-2-12,"Voluntary ...
Keynote Speaker Thom Singer discussed networking strategies and the importance of forming long-term business relationships during the AAMA Fall Conference,held in Albuquerque,N.M. During his keynote presentation on Monday,Singer noted ...
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Deanya Kueckelhan,regional director of the Federal Trade Commission's(FTC)Southwest Region,provided an overview of the FTC's role in helping marketers avoid making unfair or deceptive environmental claims during the American Architectural ...
Beijing International UnionExpo Co. Ltd. Has been forced to postpone the Fenestration China 2012 tradeshow, which was scheduled November 8-10, as a result of travel restrictions the Chinese government has placed for the 18th National ...
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Demand for windows and doors in the US is forecast to rise 9.3 percent per year to $34.2 billion in 2016. Growth will be spurred by a rebound in housing completions and gains in building construction spending from a depressed 2011 base. ...
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"The Glass Association of North America's(GANA)Fall Conference is taking place this week at the Hilton Chicago.Building Envelope Contractors(BEC)division task groups started off the day working on the development of two documents,the ...
The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) held an open-panel seminar Wednesday called "Glass Performance for Energy-Efficient Fenestration." The panel was moderated by Bill Lingnell, technical consultant for IGMA. Chris Barry, ...