Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., through its Vitro Architectural Glass business headquartered in Cheswick, Penn., announced that it has entered into an agreement with America’s largest fully vertically integrated solar manufacturer, First Solar, to manufacture glass for the company’s advanced thin film photovoltaic solar panels.

More than 50 school leaders from 16 states traveled to the nation’s capital last week for the first-ever Clean Energy Schools Symposium – a national convening of school decisionmakers who have flipped the switch to clean energy at their schools and are actively inspiring and supporting other schools across the country to do the same.

The precision perforations in the wall panels allow outside air to travel through the face of the panel. Solar heated air at the surface of the panel is drawn through the perforations where it rises between the two walls and enters the building’s central ventilation system or supply fan.

Australia-based Ecofibre recognized an opportunity to expand its emerging U.S. operations to meet the growing demand for the natural and medicinal properties of industrial hemp. In order to do so, a new, sustainable, multi-purpose North American headquarters was essential.

Produced entirely in Pennsylvania, Vitro’s donation includes Solarban^® 72 Starphire^® glass for exceptional light transmission and solar control performance. 

The American Institute of Architects is donating $500,000 to Habitat for Humanity Virginia to help launch a two-year project to install solar energy systems on up to 80 homes in Washington, D.C., and Virginia. 

The next in-person workshop will take place in Long Beach, Calif. at Intersolar North America and Energy Storage North America 2023 conference on February 14^th and 15^th.

Located in historic New Bedford, an old whaling town on the Southern Coast of Massachusetts, Parallel Products of New England recently completed its Duchaine Boulevard project, a center for processing and technology development—on its 130-acre campus for recycling and the production of green energy.

Vitro Architectural Glass announced that it will be renaming three of its signature Solarban solar control, low-emissivity (low-e) glass products at the beginning of 2023.

Spread across 100+ acres in the Willowbrook neighborhood of Los Angeles County, Calif., the Earvin "Magic" Johnson Recreation Area, named after the basketball Hall of Famer and Los Angeles Lakers legend, is a go-to area for outdoor activities, gatherings and festivals.