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Product highlights, photos and videos from the show floor
May 16, 2011The American Institute of Architects hosted AIAExpo 2011 as part of this year's AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, May 12-14, in New Orleans. More than 800 exhibitors took the floor at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, a number of which represented the glass and glazing industry. Next year's event will take place May 17-19 in Washington, D.C.Photo galleriesProduct highlights,... -
Live coverage from the IGMA Annual Conference, Glass Week and BEC ConferenceMarch 26, 2011
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Helen Sanders demonstrates SageGlassNovember 22, 2010Helen Sanders, vice president technical business development at Sage Electrochromics Inc., Faribault, Minn., demonstrates at Greenbuild how SageGlass electronically tintable glass shifts from a clear state to a tinted state at the click of a button. The glass also can be programmed to respond to changing sunlight and heat conditions, allowing for reduced energy consumption and costs. Sage...
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Demonstration of Pleotint’s thermochromic glassNovember 22, 2010Fred Millett, director of sales and marketing for Pleotint, West Olive, Mich., demonstrates the company's Sunlight Responsive Thermochromic glass during Greenbuild. The glass passively tints when there is direct sunlight, allowing about 60 percent visible light transmittance in its clear state, and about 10 percent transmittance in its fully tinted state. The technology works through a...
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Window and glass measurement tools from EDTMNovember 22, 2010Mark Imbrock, vice president, EDTM, Toledo, Ohio, demonstrates two of the company's new products at Greenbuild: the Window Energy Profiler, a tool capable of analyzing the energy capabilities of windows, and the Glass-Check Pro that measures glass and airspace thickness, detects the location of a low-emissivity coating and determines the type of low-E coating.
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Colin Powell delivers opening address in ChicagoNovember 18, 2010Retired Gen. Colin Powell delivered the opening keynote address at the U.S. Green Building Council's 2010 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, Nov. 17-19 at McCormick Place West in Chicago. Powell addressed a crowd of 10,000, urging listeners to be leaders in green building. Watch a video of the opening session, which also included a discussion between political pundits Mary Matalin...
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Southwall Technologies’ film products for commercial useNovember 17, 2010John Meade, sales manager, architectural and automotive products, Southwall Technologies, Palo Alto, Calif., demonstrates the capabilities of films in insulating glass units as well as the weight concerns with triple glazing products. Meade estimates the weight of the 10 by 10 panel shown in the video to be more than 30 pounds.During Greenbuild, Southwall Technologies and Dow Corning Corp.,...
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News, updates, photos and video from the show floorNovember 17, 2010
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Members form new government affiars committeeNovember 8, 2010Protective Glazing Council International, Topeka, Kan., hosted its Annual Symposium Nov. 2-4, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md. Even though the symposium typically takes place in the metro D.C. area, last year, it co-located with GANA’s fall conference in Kansas City.The members formed a new task force, the Government Affairs Committee, to interface with the...
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glasstec attendees discuss trends in the overseas glass market, and how it’s faring compared to the U.S.November 8, 2010glasstec 2010, International Trade Fair for Glass Production – Processing – Products, and solarpeq International Trade Fair for Solar Production Equipment 2010 took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, Sept. 28-Oct. 1.Read a report on industry trends and the health of the overseas markets.
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Great Glazing: Custom interior officeThis commercial office space in Tulsa, Okla., features a 42-foot-long, custom, continuous art mural that spans 14 glass panels suspended from the ceiling. Created by Tulsa artist May Yang, the mural is based on local Oklahoma themes, transitioning from rural landscape to the Tulsa skyline. Great Glazing: Joliet Junior College Campus...
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Building on the success of the Top Glass Fabricators rankings introduced last year, Glass Magazine is expanding its coverage to include the Top Metal Companies, featuring the leading manufacturers and fabricators of metal products in the United States and Canada. The Top Metal Companies include those that manufacture, fabricate and sell curtain wall, storefront and entrance, commercial interior...
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In an effort to spotlight the people who make the Glass Magazine Award-winning products and projects possible, this year’s program included people-centric categories, for which the industry submitted their picks for best installer, production supervisor, project manager and sales rep.After narrowing down the nominations to three finalists in each category, the Glass Magazine editors asked the...
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