GLASS & SEALEDUNITS
Manhattan building keeps its cool
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WHEN THE DESIGNER OF 115 Delancey Street, part of the £ 770 million Essex Crossing development in New York City’ s Lower East Side, decided to front the whole of the landmark building with a fivestorey-high glazed atrium space, it was clear that advanced glazing would be needed to control the climate inside.
Andy McDowell, commercial director at Pilkington United Kingdom Limited said:“ When it comes to designing buildings that look open and inviting to passers-by, there is nothing better than a fully glazed exterior. However, any building in which this is the case will suffer from the risk of overheating.
“ In the case of 115 Delancey Street, the Pilkington Suncool™ 70 / 40 Pro T helps to prevent 60 percent of the heat from the sun pass through the glass. This will translate directly into energy savings for the scheme’ s occupiers in the form of reduced air conditioning and ventilation bills – not to mention greater comfort for anyone inside the building.”
This clarity was increased further by specifying Pilkington Optiwhite™ a true lowiron glass, which removes the distinct green tint present in all standard float glass, giving a more natural colour balance for anyone looking through the glass.
ICONIC SEASIDE LANDMARK GETS 18-MTH FACELIFT
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CORNWALL GLASS HAS SUPPLIED more than 1000 IGUs for the specialist refurbishment of Brighton’ s iconic Grand Hotel. Working with David Salisbury Commercial; appointed by main contractor SEH Commercial, the 18-month project involved more than 450 windows and doors.
The building was originally completed in 1864, re-built in part after the 1984 bombing, and has seen a multitude of remedial works along the way.
Joe Marsh, David Salisbury Commercial’ s Account Manager said:“ No two rooms are quite the same so each window and door was bespoke. The other challenge was achieving the right balance from a conservation perspective. We needed a supply partner that would work closely with us but which manufactured IGUs to the exacting standards a high degree of quality that we needed”
Cornwall Glass manufactures IGUs at three locations throughout the South West including St Austell, Highbridge plus a purpose-built IGU facility at Plymouth. The company supplied almost 1,000 high performing double-glazed units to David Salisbury Commercial over the project period. Specified to deliver a U-value of 1.0W / m2K, the argon-filled units, were manufactured from 4mm TGH Planitherm One with a 16mm cavity and white warm-edge spacer bar.
www. cornwallglass. co. uk
‘ BESPOKE GLASS’ BUSINESS GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
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INNOVATIVE, RELIABLE AND widely respected, Hourglass is one of the UK’ s leading glass manufacturers and now a fully-automated Super Spacer line has allowed the company to drastically streamline its manufacturing operation, and seen it become one of Edgetech’ s biggest customers.
Founded in 1975, Hourglass began life making decorative glass. Today, the Gloucester-based business is able to offer one of the widest selections of bespoke glass products in the country – thanks in part to cutting-edge Edgetech innovation, as Claire Miller, Marketing Director of Hourglass parent group Customade Group, explains:“ Super Spacer’ s outstanding performance ensures our glass units offer market-leading thermal efficiency and structural strength- while Edgetech’ s automation technology has allowed us to maintain quality even as we’ ve significantly increased the numbers of units we produce. We plan to grow our glass sales dramatically over the next few years, so strong mutually supportive trading relationships are at the top of our agenda.”
Chris Alderson, Edgetech Managing Director, commented:“ Hourglass is a classic example of success through innovation; a pioneer in its field. For us, when we’ re the spacer manufacturer of choice for such a progressive, growing company, we know we must be doing something right.”
www. edgetechig. co. uk
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