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Enhancing its Sustainability Efforts, YKK AP America Appoints First Chief Sustainability Officer
Focusing on sustainable practices is an important part of the culture at YKK AP America Inc. As a USGlass magazine Green Award winner, the company reported it was the first facade manufacturer to voluntarily provide third-party-certified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) … Continue reading
Guardian Glass Announces UL Product Lens Certification
Guardian Glass announced it has received UL Product Lens Certification, covering three global product categories: uncoated float glass, sputter (vacuum) coated float glass (including commercial SunGuard and residential ClimaGuard products) and UltraMirror products. UL’s Product Lens program was developed to … Continue reading
Glass Helps a Georgia Tech Building Become One of the Greenest in the Southeast
Since becoming one of the greenest and most sustainable buildings in the country, a southern university has just accomplished a feat years in the making. The Kendeda Building at The Georgia Institute of Technology has become the second in the Southeast to … Continue reading
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Tagged AIA COTE, CrownCorr, Georgia Tech, glass units, glazing, green construction, Kawneer, Kendeda, LBC, Living building, sustainability, Viracon
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UN Officially Declares 2022 as the International Year of Glass
The United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly has declared 2022 as the International Year of Glass (IYOG) after organizations had submitted petitions in March. On May 18 during a plenary meeting, Spain’s representative introduced the text and described glass as a … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, glass and glazing, glass industry, glass news, IYoG2022, SDG, sustainability, UN, united nations, Year of Glass
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