A conferência Glass Performance Days 2023 apresentou uma série atraente de apresentações focadas na sustentabilidade e nas tendências emergentes na indústria do vidro.

Esta seção é dedicada a destacar como o vidro pode contribuir para práticas de construção mais sustentáveis. Ele também cobre as últimas tendências da indústria que impactam o setor do vidro. Com insights de especialistas líderes, essas sessões oferecem uma visão abrangente das abordagens estratégicas que impulsionam a sustentabilidade e moldam o futuro do vidro.

Glass and sustainability in buildings

1. Klaus Muehlhans, A+W Software – “Sustainable growth by optimized production organization”
2. Michael J. Emonds, Chemetall – “Sustainable products in float glass (with special focus on ECHA microplastics guideline – Annex XV)”
3. Romaric Massard, eLstar Dynamics – “Dynamic Glass–What is needed?”
4. Stephen Selkowitz, Berkeley Lab – “Façade futures: Unplanned obsolescence and the looming threat posed by the facade to future building performance”
5. Steve Whettingsteel, Krysteline Technologies – “Developing a more sustainable glass recycling system”
6. Elvira Reino, SATINAL – “STRATO: structural and carbon-free interlayers shake up the safety-glass industry”
7. Graeme DeBrincat and Florence Wu, Arup – “The holistic approach to the recovery of glazing materials”
8. Hugues Lefevre, AGC Glass Europe – “How a holistic approach enables the production of Low-Carbon float glass, with an embodied C02 footprint reduced by 40%?”
9. Jeroen ter Schiphorst, ClearVue Technologies – presenting “High-transparency clear window-integrated PV and agrivoltaics”
10. Matyas Gutai, Water-filled Glass – “Water-filled glass (WFG) as a Heat Displacement System for saving energy in buildings”
11. Daniel Mann, TNO – “SunSmart–Thermochromic Smart Window for Optimized Solar Heat Management: From Lab to Pilot-Scale Production and Test Buildings”
12. Elke van Nieuwenhuijzen, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences – “In situ detection of product age and argon concentration as measure of the re-use potential of insulation glass in buildings”
13. Enrico Cutri, Dow Building Science and Philippe Willareth, Dr. Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG – “Silicones – an important enabler of sustainable design”
14. Eoin Casserly, VOLUTA – “The Performance of Glass as Cladding Material in Long-Span Biome Structures”

Industry trends

1. Iva Ganev, Glass for Europe – “New carbon pricing system and new carbon border tax at EU level: what impacts for the glass and glazing sector”
2. Bertrand Cazes, Glass for Europe and Urmilla Jokhu Sowell, National Glass Association (NGA) – “Flat glass recycling in Europe and the US: state of play and challenges for enhanced circularity”

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