Toughglass seminar success

After the inaugural speech of Toughglass MD John Agnew, Mr Rick Wilberforce gave an overview and update on energy efficiency legislation related to glazing, with a particular emphasis on the new BFRC Window Energy Rating proposal. Mr Ian Spokes followed in with a very interesting presentation on Pilkington Activ self-cleaning glass and several application and reference sites. The seminar also gave an overview of what might be the window of the future with a presentation by Dr Trevor Hyde (University of Ulster) of a window design with a U-value of 0.5 W/m2K and a high level of daylight transmission. A presentation on the current and future capabilities of Toughglass for the manufacturing of flat and curved toughened glass concluded the proceedings before a very social lunch around a display of samples.

All attendees have already booked their place for the second series. Toughglass intends to make this series an annual event and hopes that it will become a key date in the diary of all the key players in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This first event gathered more than 50 attendees representing architects, specifiers, windows manufacturers, partition manufacturers, glass processors and manufacturers, as well as glass and architectural media representatives.