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The Austrian manufacturer Sunbooster has developed bifacial solar strips that can be threaded into existing garden fences. Vertical solar allows harvesting power from the sun particularly when homes need it the most: in the mornings and evenings.

Isotherm - part of the Sanco Group - presented a special product innovation at BAU 2025: Insulating glass with transparent spacers. These glass spacers allow the glass edges to be discreetly receded. This was particularly appreciated by architects at the trade fair. Here are the details.

The VetroMount glass balustrade system offers rapid installation, reliable safety and sleek aesthetics, making it very suitable for contemporary architectural projects. And the profiles now also allow the integration of photovoltaic glass. See here for all the options.

As part of their exhibits at glasstec 2024 in Düsseldorf, Dow presented an expanded range of organic technologies designed to meet the performance, productivity and quality demands of the facade and window sectors.

Hueck has expanded its Trigon FS facade modular system with the new Trigon FS 050/060 FP30 fire protection facade, offering fire resistance for 30 minutes. This addition retains the flexibility, energy efficiency and sound insulation of the original Trigon system.

According to the Fenzi Group, its polyurethane sealant Poliver AC has now also received CEKAL certification. The developers say that, this emphasises the high quality and performance of the sealant, which was specially developed for high-performance insulating glass applications.

Eastman Saflex recently shared the news that the Saflex Structural PVB interlayer has been approved by two building authorities in Germany and another one in France.

The more important sustainability and CO2 savings become for building owners, the greater the interest in wooden buildings. The glass railing system GM Railing by Glas Marte is the perfect match.

Glass as a light conducting medium. This vision has now been jointly realised by the experts from Semco, Isophon and Croso. The result is two special products: Semco-Lux is available as luminous fall protection and as a luminous French balcony.

Just in time for the European Football Championships, there's a new must-have for football fans: the Football Boot Door Handle. This unique accessory combines a love for football with traditional craftsmanship, making it perfect for any football enthusiast’s home.

With the "Energy" variant, Velux will be offering another triple glazing option in its glass range from April 2024. According to the manufacturer, this provides a low-cost entry into high energy efficiency with very good thermal insulation values. With a UW value of 1.0 W/(m²K), it also fulfils the requirements for state subsidies. Here are the details.

Swisspacer Air - integrated into the edge seal of insulating glass - ensures continuous pressure equalisation with the environment and thus mitigates climate loads. In collaboration between Swisspacer and the Saint-Gobain Glassolutions Insulating Glass Centre, the foundation has now been laid to allow it to obtain a CE mark.

The specialists for fire-resistant glass, Polflam, have pulled out all the stops to make their latest product, Polflam Gaia, as environmentally friendly as possible. Find out here how they were able to reduce the carbon footprint of their glass.

At Kai100 in Vienna, one side of the building was fitted with balconies protected by glass sliding elements as a noise protection measure. They opted for the GM Toproll top-hung sliding system from Glas Marte, partly because the system can easily compensate for higher tolerances.

Strato EVA Carbon Free has earned International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) Plus, a voluntary program for industries not subject to specific regulations but willing to certify their efforts and results in GHG Reduction.

MO Energy Systems from Austria has developed a modular standard solution for solar facades. The scalable solution is suitable for existing and new buildings. It can be connected to concrete as well as brick and timber facades.

Technically outdated window panes cause high heating costs. Often, old IG units can be exchanged for modern vacuum glass with relatively little effort. An interesting business model for glaziers and window manufacturers. Here you can find out which vacuum glasses make this possible.

With Wicline 75 Industrial Design (ID), Wicona presents an aesthetic and sustainable alternative to steel windows. According to the developer, this new product is ideally suited for the renovation of historical buildings as well as for new construction projects in industrial design.

Italian interlayer manufacturer Satinal announces Strato Solar as its new division for the production of EVA, POE and TPO encapsulating films for solar panels.

With sedak tempered+, the glass specialists at sedak have developed a fully tempered and heat-resistant glass that offers the best optical properties without visible anisotropies. The glass thus sets new standards for tempered safety glass. The basis for this is a new, patented tempering technology.