Last week I wrote about the early strategies window manufacturers employed to improve energy performance: adding extra layers of glass and increasing the thickness of the airspace between the layers ...

Understanding Low-E Coatings provides an introduction to how high-performance architectural glass can significantly improve the energy efficiency of buildings while reducing their operating costs and ...

Energy-efficient windows often feature multiple glass panes, gas fills, low-e coatings, and well-insulated frames. Proper installation is crucial to ensure a window's energy efficiency benefits are ...

Standing at the heart of Toronto’s Financial Core, the EY Tower beautifully harmonizes new and old. Architects Kohn Pederson Fox Associates and WZMH Architects aimed to meet ambitious sustainability ...

Pilkington UK, for nearly 200 years, has been a world leader in the manufacture of glass and glazing solutions. Pilkington is one of the industry’s leading and most trusted brands around the globe.

Temperature-sensitive parts that can't stand a lot of heat are now fair game for high-performance coatings. Vapor-deposition processes let designers apply finishes that are both functional and ...

Semi-transparent organic solar cells can reduce the carbon footprint and raise the crop yield of greenhouses while acting as generators and insulation. Scientists in the U.S. say greenhouses equipped ...

This course will enable you to be able to define the solar energy spectrum and common glass performance measures, discuss the manufacturing processes for pyrolytic and MSVD low-e coatings, identify ...