Factory shutdown

from 24^th December 2008 to 6^th January 2009 (inclusive).
 
We would like to thank you for a positive co-operation, wishing you a happy festive season with prosperity, luck and peace in the new year.

Our contribution to climate protection –
new solutions with energy saving glass

Our current energy saving glass overview shows intelligent solutions with triple-glazed units and state of the art coating technologies. Special products for Passive energy houses with e.g. CLIMATOP MAX combine CO₂ reductions with improvement in comfort levels. Efficient integrated solar control solutions mean that even in offices and administration building the subject of „sweating in glass houses“ can be forgotten.

Inform yourself about our new products and provide your customers with the best in living comfort combined with significant saving in heating costs – even with rising oil and gas prices.

We would be pleased to send you our new overview.

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Come and meet us at glasstec
from 21st to 24th October 2008!

Under the Motto of the exhibition „Glass and Energy“, SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS is presenting modern energy-saving Solar control and thermal insulation glass.

As a particular highlight, SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS will show the performance of glass in buildings of the future. Concept-glass types demonstrate intelligent combinations and innovative developments – opening new perspectives.

GLASSXcrystal – a light-transmitting insulating glass which absorbs solar energy, stores it and delay-releases into the room.

Electrochromic Glass, which regulates light and energy transmittance.

Passive solar construction with newly developed triple-glazed insulating units, allows a g-value of 63 % with Light transmittance of 80 % to be achieved. Efficient Solar control with COOL-LITE or variable Solar control with DLS ECKLITE can be seen at the show.

Use the opportunity to discuss some of these important issues with our specialists.

Visit us in Hall 11, Stand A 26

ECKELT at the Biennale

ECKELT supported the GAU:DI winning project
„Palettenhaus“ at the Biennale 2008 in Venice.

The progressive architects Gregor Pils and Andreas Schnetzer from the technical University in Vienna won the EU competition GAU:DI with their „Palettenhaus“ (pallet-house). The winning project construction made from used Euro-pallets will stand direct on the quayside at the architecture Biennale in Venice from the 2nd of September.

The house is made of 800 used wooden Euro-pallets, which have been constructed into modules. The many facetted ecological project has in the meantime even been patented. The installed version was a building with minimum energy requirements. For the end wall glazing, CLIMAPLUS using SECURIT was sponsored by ECKELT. Further applications are accommodations in catastrophe areas or slums in developing countries where a „do it yourself“version of the concepts is particularly viable.

The participants from the TU Vienna were successful within the framework of a supervised concept at the Institute for Architecture. The project supervisors were Dr. Karin Stieldorf and Dr. Klaus Kreč from the work group for sustainable building.

The 11th Architecture Biennale in Venice runs from the 14th of September to the 23rd November.

Serpentine event

On 07.08.08 an event was organised ECKELT and SAINT-GOBAIN at the Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion, designed this year by Frank Gehry. In total more than 220 guests attended our evening in the Park. The group was made up of mainly architects, contractors and consulants from within the construction industry, who from 6.00pm on wards enjoyed a few drinks and snacks whilst being able to witness first hand the overall structure of the Gehry Pavilion.

The Serpentine Gallery 2008 represents the first project by American architect Frank Gehry to be completed in England. Following the tradition of annual previous summer pavilions erected in Hyde Park, the Gehry structure is the first that relates directly to the existing Gallery building and the context of the park surroundings. The structure is an ensemble of off-set glass canopies covering an open seated public ‘street’, which leads up to the East façade of the Gallery.

The main structure is steel and timber, which in turn supports the suspended glass canopies. Totalling 9No. in all, each canopy is inclined at differing angles and overlapping each other to shed the inevitable summer rain showers, acting like large glass leaves forming a canopy above the pavilion floor and seating below.

Each of the canopy structures have a Litex screen printed band of white ceramic, at a fixed width, which is set out to suit the individual canopy structures. This banding creates a dynamic feel to the juxtaposed elements of the roof structure.

A similar banded screen print design is carried over the balustrading panels, sometimes overlapping each other, to unite the base structures to the over head canopy.

Both canopy and balustrade glass units are heat strengthened or toughened laminates. Total approximately 800m², with about 60% non-rectangular shaped units with differing screen pattern layouts.

New SECURIT Solar Control coatings

Pushing boundaries and achieving new possibilities:
In product development there is no standstill.

COOL-LITE SKN 165 and 154 as well as CLIMAPLUS ONE with temperable coatings are now available from stock.

That reduces delivery times! Take a look at these cutting-edge products at the following link [>]

Innovation Award for DLS ECKLITE EVOLUTION

The winners of this year’s „Prize for innovation in architecture window and façade” have been elected. For the second time, the architectural journals xia IntelligenteArchitektur and AIT have initiated this competition in cooperation with NürnbergMesse at the fensterbau/frontale trade fair. It addresses designers and manufacturers of all kinds of innovative products used in the window and facade sector. The architectural and design competition was initiated with the intention of awarding a prize to those products, which to some special degree meet the requirements of architects, thereby making a selection from the numerous building solutions on the market. Important criteria for judgement are functional and design quality, material authenticity and variety of possible uses.

The jury of renowned architects awarded a total of 5 prizes in the category products for high architectural quality. The Innovation Award as Special Mention was given to ECKELT GLAS for the product DLS ECKLITE EVOLUTION.

DLS ECKLITE EVOLUTION integrates two different electrically driven louvre blinds in the cavity. In the upper part of the glass one with a concave section for active light directing and in the vision area one with a convex section for efficient solar and glare control. If necessary or desired it is also possible to completely open the louvers in both areas to provide complete and free vision. The thermal insulation of up to U_g=0,6 W/m².K fulfills the requirements of passive energy housing.

more about DLS ECKLITE EVOLUTION [>]

GreenBuilding Certificate for Uniqa Tower, Vienna

Since the end of February the Uniqa Tower is permitted to carry the GreenBuilding Certificate of the European Union. Energieagentur which represents GreenBuilding in Austria, distinguished the striking building in Vienna's 2^nd district as an "Energy conscious new building". With this distinction, the Uniqa Tower becomes the the first office building in Austria with this classification and one of the leaders throughout Europe.

Through it's exemplary climate engineering and intelligent use of CLIMAPLUS solar control glass from ECKELT, the Uniqa Tower uses up to 40% less energy than similar buildings.

More about this project [>]

Frontal against climate change

Climate change is on everybody’s lips. Politicians, society and developers seek solutions such as catastrophe-resistant structures, energetically optimized building elements or using simulation-programming for building optimisation. Therefore the ift Rosenheim and the professional association Glas Fenster Fassade (GFF) are together presenting the special show “Frontal against climate change” at the “fensterbau/frontale” exhibition 2008 in Nürnberg (Hall 1, Stand 1-331). ECKELT is showing the solution ECKLITE EVOLUTION here [>] Louvres integrated into the cavity.

The Innovation prize Architecture- Window-Facade will be awarded on the 3rd of April by the AIT. As a nominee, ECKELT is presenting itself during the exhibition in the Foyer CCN Ost (east), Level 0, Stand 110 and 112.

CE-conformity for bonded glass constructions

The use of construction products is determined in the building materials list ÖE published by the Austrian Institute for Building Technology. Building products which have European technical specifications, may be employed when they conform or when they have insignificant deviations from these guidelines. In addition they must also conform to the Appendices A and B of the published performance requirements and application conditions for the provinces and carry the CE marking. Building products of glass are described in Chapter a 3 under 3.1 Glass facades. Bonded glass constructions require a European technical permit in accordance with ETA 002.

ECKELT GLAS is the first and currently only manufacturer which has received certification from ift Rosenheim for CE conformity for its manufacture of bonded glass constructions and is allowed to bond the systems SCHÜCO International KG FW 50+ SG to ETA-05/0114 and WICSKY 3 to ETA-06/0153.

The European Technical permit only allows the manufacture and bonding in the processing plant which has been certified as having specific knowledge and experience and which has its own quality control procedures in place.

Conformity certification

In accordance with the decision of the Commission dated 24.06.1996, published in the EC official paper Nr. L 254 dated 08.10.1996, it is determined that bonded glass constructions to Type I in ETAG002-1 the System 2+ of the conformity certificate and to Type II of ETAG 002-1 the System 1 of the conformity certificate may be used.

12. SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS EXPERT DAY

Experience Competence in Glass in 2008, presented by leading glass experts. Find out about important requirements of thermal insulation in summer as well as additional guidelines for design and construction of code-compliant glass applications.

We invite you on the 5th March 2008 to the Design Center Linz to experience Fascination in Glass. Interesting speakers give valuable information about current requirements and guidelines as well as regional marketing for glass processors.

Registration before 18.2.2008.