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The Power of Partnership: Vitro Architectural Glass Revitalizes Pittsburgh Glass Center

Vitro Architectural Glass has established itself as the foremost glass manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere, gaining recognition for its high-performing, low-embodied carbon glass products that ...
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Soaring Together

Vitro Architectural Glass values the pivotal role that its industry-leading, low-embodied carbon glass plays in shaping contemporary architecture. The organization is dedicated to preserving nature's ...
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Glass 101: Specifying Glass

“Specifying” glass refers to the step in the building design process in which you or your team designate your architectural glass selections, often with a specific purpose in mind. It’s important to ...
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Interior Glass Primer

A sought-after material for interior designs, glass lends a modern, sleek aesthetic, bounces daylight deeper into spaces and offers a wide range of colors, styles and textures. Enhancing hygiene, ...
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Sustainability Certifications and Standards

To provide architects with the assurance and documentation they need to meet and verify their sustainability goals, glass manufacturers can electively participate in a range of programs and ...
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Glass Distortion and Anisotropy

With both heat-strengthening and tempering, it is possible that glass will develop either optical image distortion or anisotropy, which refers to patterns or visual effects in glass that are not ...
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Methods for Improving U-Value

What Is U-Value? When it comes to evaluating the energy performance of architectural glass, one of the most important performance measures is U-value. Also known as U-factor, this figure measures the ...
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Low Embodied Carbon (LEC) Standards

What is Embodied Carbon? While energy efficiency and operational carbon are important aspects of eco-friendly building designs, embodied carbon emissions continue to gain traction as a major focus in ...
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Interior and Exterior Condensation and Glass

What Is Condensation? As you may have first learned in science class, condensation is a phase in Earth’s water cycle in which water vapor in the air condenses into liquid water. Condensation occurs ...
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Four Essential Questions about Tinted Glass in Bird-Friendly Applications

As the interest in bird-safe windows and glazing applications grows, inquiries about tinted glass have become more frequent. Questions have emerged about the effectiveness of tinted windows for bird ...