Glass Week, BEC, IGMA meeting highlights

The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance, Ottawa, Ontario, and the Glass Association of North America, Topeka, Kan., held meetings starting last week at the Paris Las Vegas. The IGMA Annual Conference ran March 23-26; GANA’s Glass Week, March 25-30, and GANA’s BEC Conference, March 27-29. Read news and updates from the meetings below.

• NAM official advises manufacturers prepare for emission regulations
• Industry to appeal ASHRAE 90.1; proposes changes to Building Star
• Vitro Vidrio Plano president offers tips to the industry
• Signs of life in construction forecast
• Energy Star, ISO and IG certification update
• GANA committee discusses re-emergence of climate change talks
• Seen any thermal stress breaks?
• Code, performance and switchable glass presentations at IGMA
• Discussing glazing guidelines, gas permeability and thermal stress at IGMA conference