In the past glass design in Switzerland was based on foreign standards and regulations. Questions raised whether the application of these standards is suitable, as they do not comply with the Swiss Standard SIA 260 –Basis of design. The most used standards are the German technical regulations for the use of glazing with linear supports (TRLV) and the DIN 18008. The Swiss society of engineers and architects (SIA) initiated a structural glass standard committee with the task to develop a Swiss glass design standard.
The new Swiss glass design standard is based on the same concept as the Eurocode10 Design of Structural Glass , which is currently in preparation. In future, this standard will be the basis of the Swiss national annex of the Eurocode. An important issue in glass design practice is the shear coupling effect in laminated glass. The standard allows taking into the shear coupling effects and thus will lead to more economic pane thickness.A new concept was developed to m
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Date: 16 December 2020Source: glassforeurope.com
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Date: 16 December 2020
Glass for Europe considers that its manufacturing activities should be covered under the taxonomy with adequate technical screening criteria.
Glass for Europe answered today to the public consultation on a draft
Delegated Regulation relating to the EU’s
“Taxonomy Regulation”. The Delegated Regulation specifies the
Screening Criteria to defines an economic activity as “sustainable” in the context of the Taxonomy Regulation.
The Taxonomy Regulation is expected to bring markets towards a more environmentally sustainable model. The European flat glass sector takes it as its role to produce the materials essential for conducting energy-efficient renovations of buildings, for supporting clean mobility with lighter and thermally efficient automotive glazing, and for increasing the share of renewable sol