Super windows
Court Smith
Thank Steve Jobs! Your cellphone screen is the basis for new windows for buildings. Jobs wanted the iPhone to have a glass screen. This forced innovation for cellphone screens.
Factories now use the same process, with a slightly modified chemistry, to create far larger sheets of similarly tough glass, for windows instead of hand-held devices. This new kind of window could save American households billions of dollars in wasted energy each year, while allowing expansive views of the outdoors and making our homes quieter, more comfortable and able to survive even the most violent weather. The key enabling technology is thin panes of glass—sandwiched between thicker standard glass—which exist because of the same manufacturing and chemistry breakthroughs that made possible the light, strong, scratch-resistant screens on our smartphones, tablets and watches.
MITER Brands, a residential window and door manufacturer, announced that its innovative Diamond Glass has been named a 2025 Sustainable Product of the Year by Green Builder magazine.
Diamond Glass is a laminated glass that is nearly half the weight of most impact glass on the market. It provides exceptional protection against hurricane-force winds and intrusions, as well as noise pollution and UV exposure. These new three- and four-pane windows can be even better insulators than the walls around them, but cost only about 20% more than standard energy-efficient windows.
Alpen, Corning, and Miter are working on these new window options. >>))))))))))):o>
Court Smith, 541.753.3335
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