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August 10, 2009On one of the fields where students learn about agriculture, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will soon be planting a new kind of crop with a constantly renewable yield: 20 acres' worth of photovoltaic panels, the largest solar farm in the state.The 2.1-megawatt system, to be built by Beltsville-based SunEdison, will generate electricity for the 4,100-student campus in Princess Anne, Md...
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August 4, 2009Workers with CBO Glass installed glass panels Monday [Aug. 3] to begin enclosing the atrium of the Carousel Center mall addition in Syracuse [N.Y.].Work on the expansion, the first phase of the proposed Destiny USA complex, came to a halt in June after Citigroup stopped advancing money on a $155 million loan to the project, according to an Aug. 4 Syracuse.com report.
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July 29, 2009The last piece of glass cladding of the world's tallest building, Burj Dubai, is now ready and will be installed in the coming weeks.The 6-meter long glass, aluminum and steel piece--panel number 24,348--will be placed at the bottom of Burj Dubai's spire, according to a statement from parties involved in the project, stated a July 29 report on Bernama.com.
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July 20, 2009After Hurricane Wilma raked Miami four years ago, developer Alan Ojeda picked his way down Brickell Avenue to survey his new apartment project, One Broadway.Now, with Wilma's lesson in mind, Ojeda is putting the finishing touches on another new building, 1450 Brickell. His company bills it as the most wind-resistant glass-sided office tower in the nation. In a marketing release, its exterior wall...
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July 15, 2009Imagine 300,000 pieces of finely cut colored glass carefully placed together to create intricate designs. The sight will amaze any beholder.And it exists at the Arulmigu Sri Raja Kaliamman Temple, known as the country’s first glass temple that is taking shape along Jalan Tebrau [Malaysia].
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July 15, 2009The American Institute of Architects’ Committee on the Environment has named its top 10 green building projects for 2009 and four of them are glazed with architectural glass made by PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, according to a July 13 PPG release.• The Chartwell School in Seaside, Calif., features Solarban 60 solar control, low-E glass. North-facing windows and clerestories, along with...
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July 7, 2009To truly appreciate how glass can be used structurally, make your way to 233 South Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago. More precisely, make your way 1,353 feet above South Wacker, to the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower.Once there, take a few steps over to the west wall, where the facade has been cut away. Then take one more step, over the edge.
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July 1, 2009At the corner of Varick and Watt streets a hotel will rise with a facade wielding a more attractive and versatile kind of solar technology that may well be unprecedented for New York City.Anthony Morali, principal of MStudio, elaborated: "Basically, 90 percent of solar panels use crystalline wafers," he said. "It's your basic solar panel. You can't see through it. It's about 2.5...
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July 1, 2009The Sears Tower Skydeck opens its lure for thrill-seekers Thursday. It's called the Ledge and it gives the illusion of standing on air a few feet outside the building, 103 stories off the ground.It could put the Skydeck on the must-see list for tourists, right up there with the museums and Michigan Avenue shopping. It's supposed to be an engineering marvel.The tower's bosses speak assuringly of...
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June 25, 2009Wind turbines, roof gardens and solar panels will join the pair of antennas atop the Sears Tower's staggered rooftops, said building officials who announced Wednesday that the skyscraper would undergo a $350 million green renovation.The 5-year project would reduce the tower's electricity use by 80 percent and save 24 million gallons of water a year, building owners and architects said. Separately...
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Viracon, Inc. officials announced that the glass fabricator will make an investment of more than $30 million at its Owatonna, Minn., facility, to install a new coater. The company decided to install the new coating technology in Minnesota because the Owatonna facility is centrally located and has the most extensive product capabilities and technical talent, according to a release....
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Officials of PPG Industries announced several executive appointments, February 21, that are effective immediately.Michael McGarry, PPG executive vice president, has assumed leadership responsibility for the company’s flat glass businesses. He will also lead PPG's architectural coatings businesses in the Americas and Asia Pacific, as well as the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region....
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As the prognosis for the design and construction industry continues to improve, the Architecture Billings Index is reflecting its strongest growth since November 2007, according to the American Institute of Architects. The January ABI score was 54.2, up sharply from a mark of 51.2 in December.“We have been pointing in this direction for the last several months, but this is the strongest...
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