Guardian Glass North America honored the glaziers and fabricators of seven commercial projects at its 7th annual Commercial Project Awards event March 4 in Nashville.
Registration is now open for the 2024 Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance FENBC Region Virtual Industry Summit, taking place Wednesday, April 3.
CONTRAFLAM One, the industry’s most advanced product since the invention of fire-resistive glass, is now in production at Vetrotech Saint-Gobain’s new Faribault production headquarters.
YKK AP America Inc. announced the appointment of Bryan Blume as regional manager of Texas and Plains. Blume will oversee all aspects of daily operations for the region.
The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance held a workshop about how to identify flaws in an insulating glass unit before they become a problem in the field as well as a high-level overview about desiccants, or hygroscopic substances that attract and absorb moisture from the surrounding air to maintain a state of dryness, inside IG units.
Vitro Architectural Glass has announced the promotion of Fernando Diez to Vice President of Marketing. In this role, Diez will develop and implement global marketing efforts and lead four multi-regional teams in North America, including Vitro’s Sample Program and Center for Architectural Design.
Vitro Architectural Glass has launched SungateThermL™ glass, a new low-emissivity coating engineered for use on the interior surface of a typical one-inch insulating glass unit that reduces heat transfer and dramatically improves U-values when paired with a Solarban®solar control low-e glass by Vitro on the second surface.
To meet the University’s requirements for a highly sustainable, energy-efficient design with a minimum of 30 percent glazing, the team utilized Honeybee software linked to Grasshopper/Rhino to run detailed daylighting, comfort, and energy calculations.
