The AEC sectors face a pivotal opportunity: retrofitting existing buildings to reduce carbon emissions. Recent advancements in technology have made daylighting as a dominant interior daytime light source a priority in commercial building design, especially in retrofits.

Indoor air quality, operable windows, a daylighting strategy, a verdant landscape, and views of the surrounding environment are additional aspects that enhance occupant wellbeing.

For building professionals interested in learning how to meet today’s more stringent performance standards without compromising appearance and daylight, we sat down to chat with curtain wall manager at Technical Glass Products, Chuck Knickerbocker. Listen in as Chuck discusses curtain wall considerations to meet performance requirements, how to achieve sleek profiles to maximize daylighting, and much more.

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. 

Solatube International, Inc. vice president, Neall Digert, Ph.D., MIES, is moving into a new role at Solatube’s parent company, Kingspan Light + Air North America, a division of Kingspan Group PLC, and the global leader in daylighting, ventilation and smoke management solutions for the sustainable built environment.

The building was designed to meet LEED Gold criteria and specified aluminum-framed systems.

Kingspan Light + Air unveiled its new product branding, exemplifying its evolution as a company and focus on innovation, growth and the customer experience.

METALCON, the metal construction industry’s only global event for metal construction and design products, technologies and solutions, launches its 2023 Top Product Awards.  

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.

Seeking to introduce more transparency and daylight into San Francisco’s industrial arts-focused Lick-Wilmerding High School, architect EHDD chose Solarban 70 glass from Vitro Architectural Glass for new skylights and a curtainwall addition to the existing building.