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14 August 2026

Facts: Float Glass

The Invention That Changed Everything<br><br>The float glass process was invented by Sir Alastair Pilkington at Pilkington Brothers in the UK in 1952, and commercially launched in 1959. It ...

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21 July 2026

What’s Inside Modern Energy-Efficient Windows?

When you look at a modern window, it looks like a simple sheet of clear glass. But behind that sleek exterior is an engineered system called an Insulated Glass Unit (IGU).<br><br>An IGU co ...

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14 July 2026

Understanding Shading Coefficient and SHGC

When designing energy-efficient buildings, architects and engineers must control the amount of solar heat entering through windows. If too much heat gets in, air conditioning costs skyrocket. If too l ...

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8 July 2026

Why Laminated Glass improves acoustic performance

When the conversation turns to acoustic performance, the first instinct is usually to specify thicker glass.<br><br>Thickness certainly helps.. <br><br>But one of the biggest ...

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1 July 2026

Glass in Renewable Energy

Solar energy and glass have become deeply intertwined. In building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), photovoltaic cells are laminated between glass lites to create transparent or semi-transparent panel ...

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15 June 2026

Glass Recycling and Circular Economy

The glass industry faces growing pressure and opportunity in the circular economy. Cullet (crushed recycled glass) has always been incorporated into glass melting furnaces as an energy-efficient raw m ...