Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) has launched the Vitro Certified ™ Network, which retains members, products and services of certified fabricator programs formerly operated by PPG’s flat glass business unit, which Vitro acquired on Oct. 1.
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Over the past ten years, Vitro Architectural Glass has refined triple-silver coating technology to produce ultra-clear Solarban 72 STARPHIRE® glass and blue-gray tinted Solarban z75 glass. Solarban 70XL glass also can be combined with a full-range of performance tinted glasses to give architects a virtually unlimited palette of color and performance options.
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ODL, Inc. has launched Blink™ Blinds + Glass, a blinds-between-glass, insulated glass (IG) panel that delivers as a custom product in eight days or less. Blink also offers no minimum order quantity and comes in a variety of custom choices, including multiple size options up to 80”, tempered and annealed glass, and six blind colors – white, tan, sand, espresso, slate gray and silver moon.
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The double-skin façade, one of the first of its kind in North America, combines with two vertical thermal shafts and a solar chimney to naturally ventilate the 33-story skyscraper without electricity or fan power for 42 percent of the year. As a result, the Tower at PNC Plaza, which opened Oct. 1, 2015, is expected to consume up to 50 percent less temperature-control-related energy than comparable buildings of its size.
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Designed by Array Architects, Penn Family Medicine Southern Chester County’s new 72,000-square-foot outpatient facility in West Grove, Pennsylvania, opened in 2015. The $28 million building highlights “ample natural light” among its amenities, which is made possible in part by its pyramid skylight. Super Sky Products Enterprises, LLC, manufactured the 23-by-23-foot skylight with aluminum framing finished by Linetec in a Silver Sunstorm color mica coating to ensure long-lasting performance.
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Based on its recent analysis of the building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) glass market, Frost...
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The North American Corporate Headquarters of Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest building...
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Smart Coatings Markets 2016-2025” report to their offering. The report suggests that smart coatings have reached a stage of technological maturity where they can replace traditional anti-corrosion, anti-icing, anti-fouling, and other industrial protective coatings. These smart protective coatings will reach approximately $2 billion in sales by 2021, based on their ability reduce downtime and maintenance costs for vehicles, marine vessels, buildings and large pieces of industrial machinery
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