The Glass Performance Days 2023 conference brought forward a compelling array of presentations focused on sustainability and emerging trends within the glass industry.
This section is dedicated to highlighting how glass can contribute to more sustainable building practices. It also covers the latest industry trends impacting the glass sector. With insights from leading experts, these sessions provide a comprehensive look at strategic approaches driving sustainability and shaping the future of glass.
Glass and sustainability in buildings
- Sustainable growth by optimized production organization
- Sustainable products in float glass (with special focus on ECHA microplastics guideline – Annex XV)
- Dynamic Glass–What is needed?
- Façade futures: Unplanned obsolescence and the looming threat posed by the facade to future building performance
- Developing a more sustainable glass recycling system
- STRATO: structural and carbon-free interlayers shake up the safety-glass industry
- The holistic approach to the recovery of glazing materials
- How a holistic approach enables the production of Low-Carbon float glass, with an embodied C02 footprint reduced by 40%?
- High-transparency clear window-integrated PV and agrivoltaics
- Water-filled glass (WFG) as a Heat Displacement System for saving energy in buildings
- SunSmart–Thermochromic Smart Window for Optimized Solar Heat Management: From Lab to Pilot-Scale Production and Test Buildings
- In situ detection of product age and argon concentration as measure of the re-use potential of insulation glass in buildings
- Silicones – an important enabler of sustainable design
- The Performance of Glass as Cladding Material in Long-Span Biome Structures
Industry trends