Latest Articles in Commercial Glass

  • Fire-rated codes update
    Glazing faces road blocks in 2007-2008 cycle
    February 1, 2009
    The 2007-2008 code development cycle was one of the busiest, and certainly one of the strangest, I’ve ever experienced.

  • Antiterrorism: Blast-resistant glazing systems and the moving target
    December 4, 2008
    The environment of rapidly evolving antiterrorism codes has left estimators and manufacturers in a whirlwind of confusion asking themselves, “Why do blast resistant requirements seem to be a moving target?”

  • Q&A: Jim Benney
    October 4, 2008
    Sahely Mukerji, managing editor and news editor, Glass Magazine, talks to the executive director of the National Fenestration Rating Council, Greenbelt, Md.

  • ICC green
    Energy efficiency codes present ups and downs for commercial fenestration
    July 22, 2008
    While the International Code Council, Washington, D.C., has tackled numerous aspects of green construction in its building codes, energy efficiency is the aspect most clearly defined and addressed in the codes. The growing focus on green construction in the United States has intensified the ICC’s emphasis on these efficiency provisions.

  • ICC green
    Energy efficiency codes present ups and downs for commercial fenestration
    July 22, 2008
    Energy efficiency codes present ups and downs for commercial fenestration.

  • Controversial CMA
    The bumpy and long road to the nonresidential rating program of NRFC nears its end
    October 1, 2007
    The process to create a nonresidential fenestration energy rating program by the National Fenestration Rating Council of Greenbelt, Md., has frequently been compared to making sausages: It’s ugly and tedious, but the end product is worth it.  Since work on the Component Modeling Approach rating program began in 2002, NFRC members and concerned industry representatives have gathered for...

  • Energy Code Implemented in India
    What that means for glazing professionals
    August 1, 2007
    The Indian glazing community’s reaction to the implementation of the Energy Conservation Building Code is not clear yet. The code is the first of its kind in India. (See story on Page 64 in February issue of Glass Magazine). Indigenous glass shops such as GSC Toughened Glass Pvt. Ltd. in Greater Noida, and foreign companies such as Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd. in Sriperumbudur, declined to...

  • Inside India’s new energy code
    July 3, 2007
    Part two of twoIndia’s new Energy Conservation Building Code, launched May 27, sets the minimum energy performance standards for design and construction of large commercial buildings ...

  • India glass industry lacks ratings, labeling
    December 19, 2006
    Click here to read exclusive coverage of the India trade fair. Energy efficiency was the buzz word at the seminars Dec. 9 during the second day of the 4th International Glass Technology Seminar & Trade Show in India, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi...

  • Bugged by labeling
    Current scheme has some down sides, a user says
    November 1, 2006
    Labeling for safety or fire glazing has been a requirement by code for years. These labeling requirements have not always been enforced, however, with increased litigation, manufacturers, code officials and buyers of fire-rated glazing now look at labeling requirements more seriously. When a purchaser looks at a piece of fire-rated glass today, he or she will find labels indicating that the...
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