Tim Bellovary, Paul Bush among featured panelists at Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute events
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2, 2017 – Two technical experts from Vitro Architectural Glass were among the leaders of two “Built Positive” workshops hosted by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute last month, each attracting more than 100 architects, designers and product developers to discuss sustainable building products and the concept of circular (regenerative) design.
The events, which were held on June 1 in Boston and on June 8 in Seattle, explored key concepts, including circular design; material health; design for reuse, disassembly, and recovery; value chain collaboration; and qualifying and quantifying the value of materials over their use and reuse cycles.
Tim Bellovary, technical services engineer, Vitro Architectural Glass (second, left), was one of four panelists leading discussions at a “Built Positive” workshop hosted by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (C2CPII) at the Google Campus in Boston on June 1. Bellovary was joined on the panel by representatives of Tarkett, thyssenkrupp and Construction Specialties.
Timothy Bellovary, technical services engineer, and Paul Bush, director of technical services, Vitro Architectural Glass, discussed the role high-performance architectural glass products can play in supporting regenerative design principles and strategies. They also highlighted Vitro Glass’s continued advocacy of the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products Program, as well as the company’s legacy of historic innovation in glass sustainability, including development of the industry’s first double-silver, triple-silver and quad-silver-coated solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses.
The Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard provides designers and manufacturers with criteria and requirements for continually improving what products are made of and how they are made.
“Vitro Glass has a long and proud history manufacturing Cradle to Cradle Certified glass products. We were the first North American glass company to earn that certification, and today have the largest collection of Cradle to Cradle Certified glass products in the industry,” said Bush. “We are committed to helping architects advance the ideals associated with C2C and other leading-edge sustainability initiatives.”
As panelists at each event, Bellovary and Bush explained to leading architects how Vitro Glass is helping them address the challenges of incorporating circular design into sustainable building projects. The two Vitro Glass representatives also participated in 30-minute panel discussions with other sustainable building manufacturers and served as “table leaders” to facilitate group discussions and answer questions from workshop attendees.
Bellovary was a panelist at the Boston event; Bush was a featured speaker in Seattle. A total of 119 architects, designers and builders attended the Boston workshop; 103 attended the Seattle event.
For more information about Vitro Architectural Glass products, visit www.vitroglazings.com or call (855) VTRO-GLS (887-6457).
About the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (C2CPII)
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute is a non-profit organization that administers the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Product Standard. The C2CPII educates and empowers manufacturers of consumer products to become a positive force for society and the environment, helping to bring about a new industrial revolution.
About Built Positive
Built Positive is a collaborative initiative of the C2CPII to promote the use of Cradle to Cradle Certified products and enhance the value and quality of materials and products used in the built environment and in the circular economy.
About Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass, part of Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:VITROA), is a new organization created from Vitro’s acquisition of PPG’s flat glass business unit. Now the largest company of its kind in the Americas, Vitro Architectural Glass manufactures industry-leading brands such as Solarban®, Sungate® and Starphire Ultra-Clear® glasses at U.S. plants in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Fresno, California; Salem, Oregon; and Wichita Falls, Texas. The company also operates one of the world’s largest glass research and development facilities in Pittsburgh and four residential glass fabrication plants in Canada. For more information, please visit vitroglazings.com.
Cradle to Cradle Certified is a trademark licensed by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.
Solarban, Sungate and Starphire Ultra-Clear are registered trademarks owned by Vitro.
The PPG Logo is a registered trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
