Techincal Forum: Methods for Improving U-Value
Vitro Architectural Glass offers options to lower U-value, also known as u-factor, wherever increased thermal ...
Project Showcase: RIDC Mill 19
RIDC Mill 19 is home to robotics, manufacturing and high-tech companies – and features Solarban® 60 glass and ...
Get to Know Vitro: Larry Withrow
Technical Services Manager Larry Withrow is celebrating 20 years with Vitro. His secret to success? ...
Project Showcase: Amazon HQ2
Amazon’s second headquarters clad with Vitro Solarban® 72 Starphire® glass curtainwall is helping reshape the ...
Get to Know Vitro: Patty Fisher
Vitro's Patty Fisher knows a thing or two about resourcefulness and adaptability. Her willingness to lead has ...
Technical Forum: Sustainability Certifications
Review new standards in sustainability certification and how Vitro's new EPDs and improved Cradle to Cradle® ...
Project Showcase: UC San Diego Torrey Pines Living & Learning Neighborhood
Solarban® 70 glass helps UC San Diego's sustainable student housing address climate and social challenges ...
Technical Forum: Interior and Exterior Condensation and Glass
Learn why condensation occurs on glass, the differences between indoor and outdoor condensation, and whether ...
Get to Know Vitro: Meet Fernando Diez
Vitro's new VP of Marketing, Fernando Diez, believes that expanding the understanding of glass and its ...
Technical Forum: Embodied Carbon
While energy efficiency and operational carbon are important aspects of eco-friendly building designs, ...
Project Showcase: BancFirst Tower
With occupant comfort, energy efficiency and transparency at the top of mind, architects chose Solarban® R67 ...
Get to Know Vitro: Meet Erin Casci
In early 2023, Erin Casci was named product manager for MSVD coated products. Since then, she’s applied her ...
Project Showcase: Hanna Gabriel Wells Architects
The San Diego offices of Architects HGW used Solarban® 70 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass to create an ...
Technical Forum: Pros and Cons of Gas-Filled IGUs
Review the pros and cons of choosing a gas-filled insulating glass unit (IGU) for insulating performance in ...
Get to Know Vitro: Bill Davis
Get to know Bill Davis, Vitro's technical services and product manager, who serves as an expert on VacuMax™ ...
Technical Forum: Framing and Performance Values
Learn the key performance metrics of architectural glass, discuss why window units are rated differently and ...
Project Showcase: Pittsburgh Produce Terminal
The historic five-block Pittsburgh Produce Terminal has become a popular mixed-use venue in Pittsburgh’s ...
Get to Know Vitro: Chris Fronsoe
As a Vitro National Architectural Team Manager, Chris Fronsoe is passionate about training members of his ...
Project Showcase: Pikes Peak Summit Visitor Center
At the crest of Pikes Peak sits the new Pikes Peak Summit visitor center. This modern facility provides a ...
Technical Forum: Color Rendering Indexing
Just over a year ago, Vitro Architectural Glass launched VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG), an ...
Get to Know Vitro: Heather Brion
Heather Brion. Problem solver. She’s never shied away from a challenge in her three-plus years at Vitro. In ...
Get to Know Vitro: Andre Kenstowicz
As key projects manager, Andre Kenstowicz is able to compile all his previous experience into a common goal ...
Technical Forum: Vacuum Insulating Glass
Just over a year ago, Vitro Architectural Glass launched VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG), an ...
Project Showcase: 345 4th Street
As part of San Francisco’s transformative neighborhood plan to build up Central South of Market (SoMa) with ...
Project Showcase: 70 Rainey
To help fill the gap and support the growth of the popular Rainey Historic District in downtown Austin, ...
Get to Know Vitro: Dan Sutton
His official title at Vitro is product manager for value added products, but if Dan Sutton had an alternate ...
Technical Forum: Codes & Climate Zones
Green building strategies that can help reduce energy consumption are increasingly being introduced to ...
Project Showcase: Moody Center Case Study
The Moody Center is also unique in that it’s the second arena in the country to use under bowl ventilation. ...
Technical Forum: Titan Oversized Glass
As part of our continued effort to expand offerings to our valued Vitro Certified™ Network fabricators, Vitro ...
Get to Know Vitro: Annissa Flickinger
Meet Annissa Flickinger. Regional Architectural Team Manager, Eastern North America, Vitro Architectural Glass
Technical Forum: Embodied Carbon
Mike Hammond, manager, technical support and Vitro’s sustainability team have recently issued new educational ...
Project Showcase: Koi Sky Residences
KOI Sky Residences - Energy Study from Mexico’s Second Tallest Skyscraper Translates Into Practical Knowledge ...
Get to Know Vitro: Mike Hammond
Mike Hammond knows just about everything there is to know about glass manufacturing.
Get to Know Vitro: Adam Polcyn
As the vice president of research and development at Vitro, Adam Polcyn, Ph.D., delivers products that bring ...
Technical Forum: VCN Professional Training Modules
Steve Marino, manager, technical services and his team have heard your feedback. We’re excited to announce ...
Project Showcase: Watershed
In the progressive city of Seattle where sustainable design is well established, it’s not always easy for a ...
Technical Forum: VacuMax™ VIG Q&A
Technical Forum: VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) Vitro Glass’s Director of Marketing and Innovation ...
Get to Know Vitro: Nathan McKenna
When Nathan McKenna graduated in 2008 from James Madison University, he couldn’t have envisioned himself ...
Project Showcase: Congress Square
As part of a larger initiative to reinvigorate downtown Boston, Arrowstreet, a local architectural firm, was ...
Get to Know Vitro: Lauren Black, Ph.D.
For product manager Lauren Black, her business segment focuses on new products developed at Vitro that are ...
Technical Forum: BIPV Q&A
Vitro Product Manager, Lauren Black, was instrumental to the launch of Solarvolt™ BIPV modules in March. What ...
Project Showcase: McMaster University
At McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, Solarban® glass with acid-etched panels help the university ...
Get to Know Vitro: Emily Losego
Emily Losego has always had a creative mind. As a registered architect, she began her career working at ...
Project Showcase: HOPE Tower at Jersey Shore University Medical Center
The Healing Outpatient Experience Tower (H.O.P.E. Tower) at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune ...
Glass Options for Enhanced School Safety
New Standards & Strategies for School Safety. According to Education Week, and another 8 in 2020, safety in ...
Project Showcase: Old Chicago Post Office
The Chicago Post Office is gaining new life as a multi-use complex, beautified, modernized and made more ...
Get to Know Vitro: Steve Marino
As manager of technical services, Steve’s primary responsibility is to manage the day-to-day operations of ...
Bird-Safe Buildings Act Closer to Law
The Bird-Safe Buildings Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 1. Learn what it means to ...
Get to Know Vitro: Martin Bracamonte
With 30 years’ experience in the glass industry—and a new role as Vitro Glass’s vice president of marketing ...
Project Showcase: Rolex Tower
At Rolex Tower in Dallas, Vitro Certified™ Fabricator Tristar joined forces with the Vitro Concierge Program™ ...
The Latest in Bird-Safe Glass Legislation
AviProtek E glass by Walker Glass, which combines bird-safe, acid-etched patterns and Solarban solar control ...
Project Showcase: Calgary Central Library
When it opened, the Calgary Central Library already was being celebrated for its beauty as well as its ...
Get to Know Vitro: Paul Bush
As vice president of quality and technical services, Paul’s primary responsibility is to direct quality ...
Get to Know Vitro: Julia Giba
Julia Unitas Giba, Manager of the Vitro Concierge Program™ can manage up to 100 complex glazing projects at ...
Project Showcase: Kinects Tower
Distinguished by expansive windows glazed with Solarban® 60 glass, Kinects Tower meets the 2006 energy code ...
Specifying Heat-Rated Glass
To effectively protect occupants and the structural integrity of buildings, it is vital that building ...
Our Solarban® Acuity™ Journey
With Solarban® Acuity™ glass, price is on our side. A shared understanding of goals and strategies moving ...
Project Showcase: 181 Fremont
181 Fremont was engineered for superior performance, including an innovative, unitized curtainwall system ...
Get to Know Vitro: Joanne Funyak
Her first interview at PPG was for a research chemist position. But Joanne Funyak, manager, sales support and ...
Structural Glazing Sealants for Advanced Façades
Structural silicone glazing (SSG) technology has expanded the architectural “playbook,” leading to dramatic ...
Get to Know Vitro: Carlisle, Pennsylvania
In operation since 1977, Vitro’s Carlisle plant today features a wide array of modernized and high-tech ...
Project Showcase: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
To realize an all-glass façade for the University of Oklahoma’s flagship medical tower, Tristar Glass, a ...
Eliminating the Stress over Strain Patterns
Even with rigorous monitoring, quality and glass distortion issues can go undetected until installation. When ...
Get to Know Vitro: Salem, Oregon
The Vitro Architectural Glass plant in Salem, Oregon, which celebrated its 20th year of operation last year, ...
General Contractor Survey
Did you ever wonder what general contractors want most from their glazing contractors, their experiences with ...
The Hallmarks of Quality
The success of your business—and ours—hinges on product quality. Over the past few years, Vitro Glass has ...
Vitro Gearing Up to Transport Jumbo Glass
With our new jumbo magnetron sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) coater set to start producing glass, Vitro’s ...
Get to Know Your Glass Supplier: Carlisle, PA
After a complete cold repair of the line, production has resumed and our Carlisle, PA plant is running at ...
Project Showcase: UCSD Health Jacobs Medical Center
By providing priority access to the glass, the Vitro Concierge Program™ helped to ensure that construction of ...
Technical Forum: Diagnosing Glass Breakage
Although relatively rare, glass breaking after being installed in high-rise buildings raises several ...
Get to Know Vitro: Wichita Falls, Texas
Located in the North East Plains area of North Texas, the Vitro Architectural Glass plant in Wichita Falls ...
Project Showcase: BioSteel Centre
This world-class training facility for the NBA’s Toronto Raptors franchise had to be constructed and ready ...
Technical Forum: Focusing Beyond Glass Construction in Specifications
One of the keys to a successful building project – one that achieves the look architects envisioned when they ...
Technical Articles to Share with Your Customers
Vitro Architectural Glass experts have been in the news! Review informative technical articles on spandrel ...
Certified Network Seminar Series
Access a full list of lunchtime seminars offered through the Vitro Certified™ Network.
Project Showcase: ProMedica Health and Wellness Center
At a health and wellness center in Sylvania, Ohio, Vitro Architectural Glass accommodated more than 60,000 ...
Get to Know Vitro: Fresno, CA Operations
Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, Vitro's operations in Fresno, CA produces clear and ultra-clear glass ...
Technical Forum: Temporary Protective Film Fabrication Guidelines
Download TD-152 to learn about Temporary Protective Film (TPF) fabrication and removal guidelines for ...
An Industry First in North America: Third-Party-Verified Environmental Product Declarations
An industry milestone, Vitro Architectural Glass has published EPDs for flat glass and processed glass.
