PPG Industries and Walker Glass Co., Ltd., have combined proprietary technologies to create AviProtek with SOLARBAN® glass, an advanced architectural glass that unites bird-friendly, acid-etched patterns by Walker TEXTURES™ glass ...
Tags: PPG Industries, Low-E Coating
PPG Industries and Pleotint, LLC, have renewed their agreement to jointly market a commercial window glass system that combines self-tinting SUNTUITIVE glass by Pleotint with SOLARBAN low-emissivity (low-e) glass by PPG to increase occupant ...
Tags: Solarban Glasses, energy costs, Construction
Solar glass is the combination of solar and glass technologies. Glass windows coated with a low-emittance (low-E) coating block radiant heat transfer. This lowers the amount of heat that passes through a window. Depending on energy needs, ...
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Advenira Enterprises Inc., a developer of Solution Derived Nano-composite (SDN™) coating technology, today announced it has received notice from the United States Patent and Trademark office of issuance of patent US 8,506,709. This ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored the top 10 "green" building projects for 2013 at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, June 20-22 in Denver, and at least five of the ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored the top 10 "green" building projects for 2013 at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, June 20-22 in Denver, and at least five of the ...
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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 ...
Tags: Low-E Commercial Glass, Glass, Construction
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 ...
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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 ...
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
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, ...
The building glass is one of the most important components when you install windows. The type of windows you choose can actually make a difference in what you wind up paying in the long run which is why good quality windows are a great ...
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