Insights

Project: Palm Tower, Dubai
Client: Nakheel
Glazing distributor: Intraco UAE

The Palm Tower, a new landmark from master developer Nakheel, under construction at the heart of Dubai's iconic Palm Jumeirah, promises that each of its luxury hotel rooms and apartments will feature one of the best views in the city.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Ltd, part of the NSG Group, has invested more than £3 million in new technology to increase its capacity to manufacture Pilkington Planar™, and meet growing market demand for its internationally sold structural glazing system.

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Pilkington Italia is technical sponsor of the exhibition "Tiziano / Gerhard Richter. Heaven on earth.”

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has signed up four new dealers to supply Pilkington Spacia™ to customers across the UK.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has won ‘Commercial Project of the Year’ at the prestigious G18 Awards for its installation at 6 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.

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St Helens based glass manufacturer Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has helped to create a three-story structural glass cube as part of a makeover and extension at Aldi’s UK headquarters.

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When the City of Tulsa set out to renovate its 50-year-old Central Library building – one of its best-loved landmarks – it wanted to bring it up to date in every respect, aesthetically, energy-performance-wise and in terms of the visitor experience it offers.

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The NSG Group, owner of the Pilkington brand, will be exhibiting innovative new products for energy-efficiency, solar control and decorative applications at Glasstec in Dusseldorf from 23 – 26 of October.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has launched Pilkington Optimirror™ Protect Plus, a new safety mirror that provides enhanced safety capability without the need for secondary processing.

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The Charnock Bradley Building is the centrepiece of the University of Edinburgh’s expanding Easter Bush Campus eight miles south of the city.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited has contributed glazing and technical expertise to academics at the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) at Swansea University, to help deliver the UK’s first net energy-positive commercial building.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, is manufacturing two more of its solar control products in the UK to shorten lead times for customers, as demand for specialist glazing grows.

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Nearly one in five respondents now adopt BIM on every project, the latest industry survey has found.

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Pop pickers of a certain age may recall it as part of the title of a Nick Lowe song, but the sound of breaking glass can also play a role in determining the cause of glass breakage. This was referenced on the recent Pilkington Fractography training course, during which it was explained that glass breaking with a loud bang indicates a high stress fracture.

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When the joint design team of CDA and Hoskins Architects took on the brief to design a new scheme integrating five existing buildings in a historic Edinburgh square, they knew they would be creating a striking contemporary counterpoint to the surrounding architecture.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG group, has launched a new mirror product that is resistant to humidity and corrosion, adding to its well-established Pilkington Optimirror™ range.

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Large, timber-framed sash windows are one of the most recognisable and desirable features of Georgian architecture, but they are also well known for their poor energy performance.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has sold 10 million square meters of its self-cleaning glass product Pilkington Activ™, the world’s first self-cleaning glass product, launched in 2002.

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The European Parliament adopted its report on the revision of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), but this was met with a neutral reaction from Glass for Europe.

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97% of buildings in Europe require an energy efficiency refurbishment, according to a new report. Based on data from Energy Performance Certificates (EPC), the conclusion of the latest BPIE analysis is that less than 3% of the building stock in the EU qualifies for an A rating.

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When architectural practice Scott Brownrigg designed a new building at the headquarters of FTSE 100-listed wealth management business St James’s Place, it wanted to give the building a suitably impressive centrepiece to welcome employees, clients and partners.

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We’ve updated our online hub where building designers and architects can seek inspiration for future projects.

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Pilkington Spectrum, one of the industry’s most popular glass specifying tools, is now available to use on-the-go following the launch of a new smartphone app.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has launched two new patterns to its popular Pilkington Texture Glass range.

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When St John’s church in Egham decided to add a new community centre to its landmark Georgian building, originally built in 1817, it needed a sensitive way to link the new with the existing.

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London Fire Brigade has completed a PFI project to renovate and update nine fire stations across the city with new state-of-the-art facilities that deliver excellent energy performance – thanks in part to glazing from Pilkington United Kingdom Limited.

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Daylight-flooded spaces command a premium from tenants, but in the densest urban areas – where buildings are very tightly packed – it can be difficult to achieve. Not least because of the need to protect against the spread of fire.

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Glass for Europe has welcomed the review of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR), but stated its opposition to repeal.

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It may be too early to start thinking about New Year resolutions, but it's not too soon to make training plans for next year. Due to strong demand, the Pilkington Product Knowledge course programme has been announced for 2018.

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A state-of-the-art office space is often seen as a big part of the brand for fast-growth technology companies. This was the brief for Isle of Man-based architect Savage and Chadwick when asked to design a new building at the Douglas headquarters of online gaming software business, Microgaming.

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Rudding Park near Harrogate is one of the most highly regarded hotels in the UK, offering luxurious accommodation in a Grade-I listed regency house, set in 300 acres of landscaped gardens and woodland.

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N & C Glass, the UK’s largest independent supplier of glass and glazing products, has invested more than £250,000 in new manufacturing equipment to meet increased demand for shaped Pilkington fire glass and enable the business to become a one-stop shop for fire-resistant glass, regardless of its complexity.

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The fundamental role of glass in the built environment is to allow light into spaces while keeping the elements out. But it often also plays a defining aesthetic role too, giving buildings their form and setting them apart as a piece of design work.

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NSG Group’s architectural glass solar product certified to global design and safety standards.

The energy-generating architectural glass, Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV, has been accredited by the IEC, confirming the product complies with global product safety, design and quality tests.

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Pilkington Activ™, the world’s first self-cleaning glass, has been independently verified and is believed to be the first dual-action product to meet the new European Standard for self-cleaning glass.

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The idea of using a shop window to entice potential buyers has been around for hundreds of years, but not often has it been used on the scale of the newly refurbished Yonge Eglinton Centre located near Midtown in Toronto, Canada.

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The Materials Innovation Factory is the latest addition to the historic city-centre campus of the University of Liverpool.

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A new training course from Pilkington aims to help customers determine the causes of glass breakage using techniques adopted by jigsaw enthusiasts through the ages.

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A glazing technology revolution is just around the corner and it will transform how buildings work, according to a new Pilkington report

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When adding a modern extension to a beloved historic building, creating a sensitive link between the two is an important consideration.

This was one of the challenges that the architects working with the Grade-II* listed Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea needed to address when designing a major new extension.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has collaborated with the NBS National BIM Library to make its commercial IGU products and Pilkington Planar^TM structural glazing models available online for architects and specifiers.

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The award-winning architectural practice Flanagan Lawrence has transformed an office block built in 1975 into a cutting-edge, modern building with the help of a triple-height structurally glazed atrium.

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Bright, spacious interiors that are also quiet, comfortable in temperature and efficient to heat. These are properties that often differentiate modern buildings from their historic counterparts, and this is largely thanks to advances in glazing technology.

A good example of this came recently with the opening of the David Attenborough building in Cambridge.

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The recently completed £26m Maxwell Centre is the centrepiece for the University of Cambridge’s physical sciences and engineering industrial engagement activity. It is intended as a centre for carrying out ‘blue skies’ research with objectives relevant to industry and society at large, in areas including efficient electricity generation, storage and use.

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A new report has quantified the cost and administrative burdens of the EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR) on industry.

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NSG Group and visualplanet™ announced on 31st of January that the two companies will exhibit an integrated solution for the fast growing smart mirror market at ISE 2017.

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Proposals from the European Parliament's ENVI Committee to improve the Circular Economy Package have been welcomed by Glass for Europe.

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Many of us have fancied ourselves as detectives, solving mysteries with our cleverness, cunning and sharp eye for detail. Watching television murder mysteries, we have claimed to have identified the culprit long before Poirot and Barnaby. A new training course from Pilkington United Kingdom Limited offers customers the opportunity to become detectives: glass detectives.

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The figures also give cause for more optimism in the immediate future, with 19.2% more house projects reaching an advanced stage of planning in the year.

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The latest research by Pilkington highlights that the average UK homeowner has spent £11,240 on home improvements during the last five years

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The NSG Group, parent company of Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, will exhibit a range of high-performance glass products at the Integrated Systems Europe exhibition in Amsterdam 7-10 February, 2017.

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Glass for Europe has reacted positively to the new EU Energy Union package, but has called for further action.

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New report: 60 per cent of architects and building specifiers have seen Brexit-related project delays

• Nearly two thirds of architects and building specifiers have seen clients delay projects as a result of Brexit
• Almost half believe Brexit will decrease appetite for foreign investment into UK developments in future
• And a third think rate of commercial construction will slow over next five years
• Despite this, building design professionals forecast bullish 14 per cent growth over next two years

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Fire regulations need to be overhauled if the UK is to save some of the £3.5billion fire damage costs British businesses every year, according to a new report published by Pilkington United Kingdom Limited.

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One Central Square, Cardiff, is the first building to be completed in a new mixed-use regeneration scheme right in the centre of the city.

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The new One Albert Quay building has a commanding presence in Cork’s urban landscape, situated next to the City Hall on a waterfront site overlooking the River Lee.

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The atrium of a commercial building is one of its key selling points. It is often its first impression with prospective investors, tenants and other visitors, so it needs to impress.

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The grand Victorian House known as Mansion House in St Helens, Lancashire, is one of the finest residential buildings in the area.

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A letter from European industry leaders has urged the European Commission to show more ambition in improving the energy efficiency of Europe’s building stock.

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NSG Group, the owner of the Pilkington brand, and one of the world’s largest glass producers, and Solaria, specialists in PV technology, are entering into a collaboration agreement to manufacture and produce (semi) transparent Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) solutions.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, will roll out the second UK edition of its prestigious Glass in Architecture book at this year’s Glasstec trade fair in Dusseldorf on 20th – 23rd September 2016.

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A new court complex in Kuwait will feature a stunning wall of glass, courtesy of Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing 

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An independent study has found that the benefits of glass as a sustainable construction product are not being fully realised during the demolition of buildings in Europe.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has launched a new performance search function to help architects, specifiers and customers build specifications tailored to their project requirements.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has been selected as the exclusive supplier of glazing products to Thistle Windows & Conservatories’ new showroom.

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The NSG Group, owner of the Pilkington brand, will be exhibiting its latest innovations at this year’s Glasstec in Dusseldorf on 20th – 23rd September 2016.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has been recognised as one of the North West’s most iconic businesses and Matt Buckley, managing director, has been featured in the Beyond the Desk photography exhibition, curated by Sane Seven. 

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Many pundits have called for a winter break in the domestic football season to allow players to be fresh for international commitments in the summer. Always ahead of the game, the Pilkington Product Knowledge season introduced a break – albeit in the summer - several years ago.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG group, has manufactured more than a quarter of a million insulating glass units (IGUs) for JELD-WEN, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of timber windows, doors and stairs, since it first started working with the company.

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Theresa Griffin MEP (North West England) and Conor McGinn MP (St Helens North) have met with representatives from Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG group, to discuss future measures that could support the growth and development of the glass and glazing sector in the UK and mainland Europe, particularly in relation to the energy efficiency of buildings.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, has announced the launch of a new solar control product, Pilkington Suncool™ One 60/40, which will be manufactured at the company’s site in St Helens.

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Glass for Europe has identified four essential priorities to put Europe back on the energy-efficiency track and believes that the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).

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Zero Carbon Hub will cease operations today (31st March).

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Read how Pilkington Suncool™ glass will deliver a comfortable climate inside new landmark at ScottishPower HQ

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An extra data for the Pilkington Product Knowledge courses has been announced to help meet customer demand.

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Businesses that buy and specify glass and glazing products expect to grow turnover by an average of 10 per cent over the next two years
• The average firm expects to create at least three new jobs over the same period
• 32 per cent identified the construction of new homes as a key opportunity for growth

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The NSG Group, parent company of Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, will unveil a range of high-performance products at the Integrated Systems Europe exhibition, Amsterdam, (February 9-12, 2016.)

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The Construction Products Association expects further growth for the construction industry, although the latest forecast reflects a downward revision since the summer owing to a slowdown in third quarter housing and commercial activity. Construction output is expected to increase 3.6% and 3.8% in 2015 and 2016, respectively, revised down from 4.9% and 4.2% in the Summer Forecast.

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October data has highlighted another upturn in overall UK construction output, alongside a rebound in new order growth and the fastest pace of job creation for almost a year. Commercial building work was a key growth driver in October, as housing and civil engineering activity both expanded at slower rates than in September

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Visitors to Teesside’s historic Transporter Bridge will get a new and better view than ever before thanks to a newly installed glass lift and viewing decks on the gondola, constructed using Pilkington Planar™ structural glazing as part of the £2.6m Heritage Lottery Fund Tees Transporter Visitor Experience Project.

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited has announced the launch of a superior low-e, hard coated glass, Pilkington K Glass™ A, which helps windows to achieve a Window Energy Rating (WER) A rating when installed within a suitable frame. Click here to read more.

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Stoke on Trent City Council have created a new landmark for the city in the form of a new headquarters building, which will also incorporate public spaces. To read more and see our latest video - click here

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Pilkington United Kingdom Limited has supported experts from Cardiff University and the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre at Swansea University in the design and delivery of the UK’s first purpose-built, low-cost energy smart house, capable of exporting more energy to the national electricity grid than it uses.

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Did you know, that the coatings applied to our most advanced high-performance products are typically 1000 times thinner than a piece of paper? 

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Last week, Chancellor George Osborne delivered his final Autumn Statement before next year’s General Election in May.
The GGF had written to the Chancellor eight weeks before his Autumn Statement announcement highlighting the GGF’s campaigns and raising Members’ concerns

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Imperial Tobacco’s new HQ has achieved a sustainability certification of Excellent from the world’s leading assessment method for sustainable buildings, BREEAM, with a helping hand from Pilkington Suncool™ 70/40.

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The GGF had reason for renewed optimism following the Construction Products Association’s (CPA) latest forecasts which anticipates that growth in private house building, infrastructure work and commercial activity are set to drive recovery in the industry over the next four years.

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The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) attended the UK GBC (Green Building Council) conference “Towards Green Deal 2.0” on Tuesday 21st January. At the meeting at Carlton House Terrace, London, guest speaker Greg Barker MP, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change announced the latest government figures on Green Deal and ECO. These included the following:

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How much do you know about windows? This is the question posed and answered by Glass for Europe in its new video, 'Energy efficient windows – Make the right choice of glazing'.

 

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There was a warm reception for Pilkington when its fire expert talked about design and product considerations when specifying fire glazing at the USHA Fire Seminar in June.

 

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The Construction Products Association’s latest State of Trade Survey released recently indicates that sales of construction products recovered slightly…

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As part of its campaign for a sustainable built environment, the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has investigated a range of different incentives for creating demand for retrofit measures. The resulting report - entitled 'Boosting take-up of energy efficiency measures in domestic properties' - identifies two of the most promising options for encouraging wider uptake of energy efficiency measures as variable Stamp Duty Land Tax and variable Council Tax.

 

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Modern glazing solutions available on the market help to significantly increase the energy performance of buildings by reducing heating, cooling and artificial lighting needs in buildings. This is one of the key messages from the Build Up community on glass and glazing solutions.

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