Technical Knowledge
Technical Resources
Reference material on fenestration systems, architectural glass, façades and building envelope performance. Written for the people who specify, procure and install them.
Fenestration
What Is Architectural Fenestration?
Fenestration covers every glazed opening in a building envelope. An introduction to systems, performance criteria and why specification decides the outcome.
Aluminium and PVC Window Systems Compared
How aluminium and PVC window systems differ in structure, thermal behaviour, size capability and service life — and how to choose between them.
Understanding Lift and Slide Doors
How lift-and-slide hardware works, why it suits large glazed openings, and what to coordinate when specifying one.
Architectural Glass
Vacuum Insulating Glass Explained
What vacuum insulating glass is, how an evacuated cavity changes heat transfer, and where VIG belongs in a building envelope strategy.
Selecting Architectural Glass for Façades
How façade glass build-ups are selected: safety, thermal, solar, acoustic and handling factors, and the trade-offs between them.
Building Envelope
Technical Guides
International Sourcing of Fenestration Systems
A practical view of sourcing fenestration and glass internationally: specification matching, documentation, inspection, packing and delivery.
Sourcing International Fenestration for US Projects
What US architects, general contractors and procurement teams should establish before specifying internationally sourced windows, doors, glass and curtain wall.
Sourcing International Fenestration for Canadian Projects
How Canadian developers, contractors and specifiers should evaluate internationally sourced window, door, glass and façade systems before committing.
Sourcing International Fenestration for European Projects
Europe is not one regulatory market. What project teams should verify before specifying internationally sourced windows, doors, architectural glass and façade systems.