Latest Articles in Commercial Glass

  • Beyond R-value
    Energy efficiency is more than just one number
    September 7, 2010
    Growing up amidst her father's metal cutting business, Charlotte Broussard developed a love of manufacturing at an early age. For the last 11 years, she's applied that love to the commercial window business as owner and CEO of Universal Window and Door, Marlborough, Mass. In the following interview, she discusses the need for a comprehensive thermal efficiency rating system, as well as the...

  • Most innovative commercial window
    Renovate by Berkowitz, JE Berkowitz
    September 2, 2010
    Renovate by Berkowitz is a commercial window retrofitting system that combines existing nonoperable single-pane units and insulating glass manufactured by JE Berkowitz, Pedricktown, N.J., to create an energy efficient triple-pane system. The single and double-paned units are joined together using a custom version of Super Spacer TriSeal from Edgetech I.G., Cambridge, Ohio. Installation takes...

  • Gremlins and window damage at construction sites
    September 12, 2008
    The Family Circus comic strip might have represented it best. Whenever something went wrong in the busy household-a lamp was broken or milk was spilled-the parents would ask, "Who did it?" All of the children would point fingers and say, "Not me!" Meanwhile, an invisible gremlin with "Not me" written across its chest was running around causing all sorts of problems.

  • Window savings
    Preglazed systems save time, money for manufacturers, installers, owners
    July 22, 2008
    Glass and glazing companies are facing tough times, as economists issue grim forecasts for the next year. The shortage of skilled labor, in addition to the pressures of constantly rising fuel costs and material prices make doing business even tougher. Companies are working to rein in costs and increase productivity to combat the difficult construction environment through many means. One way is...

  • Shading in Glass
    Daylighting with hermetically sealed computer- controlled louvers between lites
    August 1, 2007
     It’s the middle of June in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale, Ariz., and the intense desert sun spurs the mercury’s climb to the 108-degree mark and beyond.  Roger Watson, vice president of sales and marketing for Saint-Gobain Glass Exprover NA, peers out one of two windows in the fluorescent-lit building he’s occupied since moving to Scottsdale three months ago....

  • Vinyl framing goes commercial
    May 1, 2007
    Green building pushes material forward in some North American markets The face of commercial window frames in North America could change as architects look to improve building efficiency even more. The answer for a growing number of architects: reinforced vinyl systems...

  • Curtain-wall cautions
    How to avoid installation problems
    April 1, 2007
    Exterior wall construction has evolved during the past century and a half. We have moved from massive masonry walls that support the floors of a building to slender walls that hang off the slabs. The heavy load-bearing masonry walls of the past absorbed rainwater and dried to the inside and outside. Contemporary glass and metal curtain walls rely on sealants and gaskets to prevent leakage to the...

  • Energy codes push changes in aluminum windows
    September 26, 2006
    Codes requiring lower U values push manufacturers of aluminum windows and other fenestration products to look at alternative thermal break products...

  • Forensics, windows and you, a leaky science
    September 1, 2006
     I will guess that the connotation of the word “forensics” in the title causes you to have an immediate negative reaction. But I implore you to read on because we at Architectural Testing Inc. of York, Pa., intend to help manufacturers and contract glaziers start the pendulum swinging the other way with regard to wall-leakage problems. Let’s start by establishing a general...

  • Louisiana code opens impact-resistant window of opportunity
    August 1, 2006
    Last November’s move by the Louisiana legislature to establish and enforce a statewide uniform building code creates new marketing opportunities for fenestration companies.The 11 parishes hit hardest by hurricanes Katrina and Rita already are required to meet the wind and flood provisions of the 2003 International Building Code and International Residential Code, and the rest of the state...
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