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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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Industry waits for economy to turn; code changes to spur green product use, retrofits
October 4, 2010"Cautiously optimistic" could describe the mood at GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo, Sept. 14-16, in Las Vegas. Although it might be another 12 to 18 months before the industry experiences an upturn (See "Economy not headed for double-dip recession,"), positive discussion surrounded the green building and commercial retrofit markets."I think it's going to be a long, cold... -
September 28, 2010
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September 23, 2010Goldray Industries Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, displayed its decorative products with graphic interlayers. M3 Glass Technologies, Irving, Texas, showed its MPrint Digital Decorative glass, at left. Standard Bent Glass, Butler, Pa., showed decorative glass with one-way vision PET (polyethylene terephthalate) film. Bernard Lax, CEO, Pulp Studios in Los Angeles, said back-painted glass...
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Tips to working in the growing specialty glass marketSeptember 22, 2010Decorative and specialty glass is a growing market, with more designers specifying the products, and more suppliers offering a greater variety of decorative glass types. "As people become more familiar with the products and the options, they become less afraid," said Cathie Saroka, marketing director, Goldray Industries Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, on the GlassBuild America trade show floor. "We have...
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September 20, 2010GlassBuild America 2010 gallery 1 GlassBuild America 2010 gallery 2 GlassBuild America 2010 gallery 3
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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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