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Calculating whole-building carbon emissions? Turns out there's a standard for that. An important step toward rationalizing our sustainability regulations.
- Patrick Flannery, publisher/editor
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ASHRAE and the International Code Council have announced the opening of a second public review period for proposed Standard 240P – Quantification of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Buildings. The draft standard is available for public comment from June 6 through July 21.
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An incredibly enriching educational event recently concluded at the Vitrum Glass Talks on June 5 at the Rosewood Georgia Hotel in Vancouver. Educators, innovators, and thought leaders from all over came together to exchange ideas, share best practices, and shape the future of architectural glass.
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There's a lot of chatter about AI but is there anything it can actually do for your glazing business? This U.K. think-tank thinks so and has some specific suggestions.
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Rich says trade wars and sustainability concerns are making a powerful case for procuring facades and facade components here in Canada.
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VIG is finally ready to break out and have a major impact on building energy efficiency, Claudio says. For real this time.
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High-profile wildfires doing substantial property damage to urban areas in B.C. and Alberta have spurred NRCan to look at creating Canadian building standards for wildfire resistance. The consultation process has just begun, but it seems likely that some day soon we may see new codes requiring resistant windows, doors and other components in wildfire-prone areas. Robin Urquhart has worked on rebuilding communities destroyed by wildfires and joins GlassTalk to share his deep knowledge of this topic.
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David Cooper has been researching and developing vacuum insulating glass for over a decade and chairs multiple international standards committees that will define how it can be used, how its quality can be assessed and how to test its performance. With demand for VIG growing and producers multiplying, specifiers and contractors need guidance on what to look for in these products – guidance that may be coming soon in the form of balloted ASTM standards for durability and load tolerance. Cooper joins GlassTalk to explain where these efforts are at and to update us on the state of VIG technology and availability.
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Langley, B.C.,-based Cascadia has published its first environmental product declarations for its fibreglass fenestration systems and its happy it did. Marketing manager Chris Guelpa joined the Conversation to talk about the process; the help they got; the markets and opportunities the EPDs are opening up; and how fibreglass stacks up in the embodied carbon discussion.
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