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Familiarize yourself with four commonly specified types of glass and learn which applications best suit them.
Glass fabrication is an important part of glass specification. There are several basic types of fabricated glass, which all offer unique pros and cons. Types of glass fabrication include insulating glass units, laminated glass, opacified glass, decorative glass and more.
Review our article and infographic reviewing strategies for avoiding glass specification errors.
Achieving optimal performance of solar control low-e glass and passive low-e glass.
In the grand scheme of things, how does fabricated glass impact the overall installed curtain wall costs of a project?
How does the commercial building industry ensure precise color accuracy in glass coatings?
In this video, learn how insulating glass units (IGUs), spandrel glass, tempered glass and heat-strengthened glass are manufactured.
Placement of a laminated lite within an insulating glass unit is key to how its glazing system will perform. INSLIP and INSLOP are commonly used terms to help designers position laminated glass properly.
In this video, learn how large sheets of glass are bent and laminated for use in insulating glass units (IGUs).
Each year, more than 600 million birds die from collisions with glass in the U.S. alone. Although bird-friendly building regulations continue to increase in North America, glazing options have been limited.
This simple demonstration of heat lamps, glass samples and radiometers will give you an understanding of how Solarban® low-emissivity (low-e) glass works for solar control.
There are a wide range of glasses to choose from to meet the needs of any project. Spandrel glass is one such option.
For years, UV light transmittance used to be thought of as the measure of a glazing material's ability to protect furnishings from fading due to sunlight exposure.
Key benefits to designing buildings with reflective glass.
Understanding the solar energy spectrum is key to understanding glass coatings.
When designing with large expanses of glass, it is critical to know when the glass may need to be heat-treated for durability and/or safety.
Accommodating for wind and snow loads is an important upfront consideration during the design and specification phase.
Condensation means the IGU is working properly, serving as a thermal barrier between extremes in temperature.
While glass looks great aesthetically, it also has to meet high performance standards. And an important part of performance relates to acoustics.
There are several key elements that impact the performance of an insulated glass unit. These include the primary seal thickness and width, secondary seal width, the spacer and the desiccant.
Information on why glass sometimes breaks in a building without any obvious cause.
Review the Slide Share for valuable information about key glass performance terms.
The process of how glass is made, starting with a simple combination of ingredients, to large sweeping glass panels.
Selecting the right glass to meet a project's thermal loads.
The solar energy spectrum and the different ways glass responds to light.
Different processes and channel partners are involved in the production of commercial glass.
Performance through passive and solar control low-e coatings.
For an easy way to understand how low-e glass coatings help keep rooms comfortable, simply look at how a thermos works.
Low-e coatings are 500 times as thin as a human hair, yet have a tremendous impact on a building's overall energy efficiency.
Factors to consider when specifying large insulating glass units.
Glass requires special considerations during the specification process.
A multi-step glass manufacturing process where liquid glass is formed by "floating" it on molten metal.
The difference between types of heated glass.
Understanding the solar energy spectrum is the first step in understanding how low-e coatings work.