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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.

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.

Technically outdated window panes cause high heating costs.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.

During tours, motorhomes and expedition vehicles are sometimes exposed to extreme weather conditions, differences in altitude and temperature. This places very high demands on the insulating glass installed. One manufacturer is now using Swisspacer Air in its IG units to cope with the climatic loads.

With its high-quality solar control coating, the new Fineo Solar Control vacuum glass ensures that even rooms behind larger or south-facing windows and façades can maintain a pleasant indoor climate all year round.

Poland-based Press Glass develop and issue the European Technical Assessment (ETA), i.e., a documented assessment of the performance of its curved glass in accordance with the relevant European Assessment Document (EAD).

Italian brand Strato has developed an EVA interlayer for safety glass lamination that is fully carbon-neutral and has been awarded a top international certification for sustainability. Click here for more details:

Guardian Glass has renewed its Bronze level Cradle to Cradle certification for its float, coated and laminated glass products. This relates to the glass produced in the European plants.

Industry experts from Dow will be on hand at GPD 2023 (14 to 16 June in Tampere, Finland) as exhibitors showcasing the latest in the line of Dowsil technologies for sustainable structural glazing facades.

Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement to sell its Swiss glass processing business to the German group Aequita. The glass processors of Glassolutions Kreuzlingen in Switzerland will then become part of the Vandaglas Group, the glass division of Aequita.

The Şişecam Glasstool now comes with new features such as the ability to create a performance table with different glass combinations, different language options and the ability to calculate by adding enamel paints to different sub-category glass products.

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.