Members of the glass and window industry gathered in Washington, D.C., Jan. 7, for the Building Enclosure Technology and Environment Council Symposium, Fenestration: A World of Change. The event, hosted by the National Institute of Building ...
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Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction markets, announced the launch of its seventh cross-functional research and development centre, Saint-Gobain Research India (SGRI), to be located in Chennai. Close ...
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Saint-Gobain,the world leader in the habitat and construction markets,announced the launch of its seventh cross-functional research and development centre,Saint-Gobain Research India(SGRI),to be located in Chennai. Close collaboration ...
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Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, is pleased to announce the addition of the Metalux ArcLine™ LED Series to its family of ...
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INVISTA, a world leader in nylon intermediates and fibers, has received Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval from the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau for a 215,000-ton per year hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant at the ...
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In 1941, a Crown corporation created by federal legislation called Wartime Housing Ltd., which later became the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, constructed over 32,000 houses to provide what was originally planned as emergency ...
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Jan. 4, 2013 - Fenestration Canada is reporting that the Ontario provincial government has announced changes to its Green Energy Act requiring windows sold in Ontario to meet certain energy efficiency standards. The change takes effect ...
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The Lenovo Environment Affairs and Specifications Communication Conference 2012, organized by Lenovo Group and sponsored by SGS, was successfully held in Shanghai and Shenzhen in Oct 2012. Over 500 representatives from Lenovo suppliers ...
At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas you can find connected appliances that turn on from a smart phone, refrigerators that let you know when the milk is sour and washer-dryer pairs that talk to each other. But you won't ...
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In the face of concerns over energy scarcity,POWRtec,an intelligent Smart Meter provider,have submitted a business overview stating that the largest and most immediate source of energy available is to increase the energy efficiency of the ...
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A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit revealed that the GCC population will soar by 30% to 53.5 million people who will form an increasing strain on the region’s supplies of electricity, food and water. The report said that ...
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Getting all electronic devices,from cars to LED lights,connected to the web is important if we are to create the Internet of Things,says Rick Clemmer,CEO,NXP Semiconductors. As the rise of online and mobile communications has enabled ...
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The UK glass industry (all sectors) produces an estimated 4 million tonnes of glass per year, divided as follows in the generalised subsectors of Container, Flat, Fibre and Domestic (including Crystal and Special Glass):/p> Production of ...
In the world, the development of the Low-E glass industry is closely related to countries’ policy support for energy efficiency of buildings. In Europe and America, the penetration rate of the Low-E glass has quickly climbed to more ...
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At London’s Heathrow Airport, training fire crews is an almost constant activity, which is why it has a purpose-designed fire training rig constructed from steel to the same size as a Boeing 747. Packed full of safety sensor ...
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