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Vitro Architectural Glass has updated its online Glass Education Center website with over 10 refined educational videos and a new piece on Understanding Glass Distortion and Anisotropy.

The two crystalline high-rises are clad with glass curtainwall, selected for its high performance and clarity. To meet the aggressive performance goals, which included energy savings 24 percent below the ASHRAE baseline, the glazing played a key role.

As Penn State’s first ground-up building in downtown State College, Pa., the new LEED Gold-targeting Eric J. Barron Innovation Hub, formerly known as the James Building, maximizes daylighting with precisely sized openings and a ground-floor curtainwall system.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance and the National Glass Association announced the joint publication of an updated technical resource, NGA/FGIA TB-1601, Guidelines for Use of Capillary Tubes.

Tru Vue introduced a new product line serving fabricators that support specialty architectural projects. TRU-AR™ is a high-performance glazing line that offers the ability to be fully tempered or laminated, comes in a variety of sizes including a 9.5mm double sided, post-temperable AR coated glass, that streamlines work flows.

At the AIA Expo, June 6-7, 2024, in Washington, D.C., Vetrotech representatives will challenge architects to consider how they can employ glass to achieve their decarbonization goals.

Vitro Architectural Glass hosted the U.S. General Services Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at its plant in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to announce low embodied carbon progress, its sustainability objectives and its work to improve environmental performance.

Completed in October 2023, 20 Mass, the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and F Street NW has transformed into Capitol Hill’s go-to destination thanks to Solarban^® 72 Acuity^® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass. 

Vitro Architectural Glass has added a new option, Solarban^® 65 glass, to its family of high-performance, solar control, low-e glasses. 

As the perfect way to celebrate Earth Day, Ripple Glass, a company of Strategic Materials, Inc., North America’s largest glass recycler, has announced some big recycling numbers in partnership with Owens Corning.