European flat glass manufacturers organize thousands of transports every year to deliver products to their customers, utilizing tailored-made specific trucks to optimize efficiency and minimize...
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High-performance glazing could save up to 37% of the total energy consumption from the EU building stock by 2050! It is therefore a key element...
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Glass for Europe’s members are committed to increasing vehicles’ energy efficiency by providing glazing products that positively impact vehicle cabins’ air conditioning efficiency. Glass for...
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Today Glass for Europe has submitted its answers to a Commission’s consultation on the decarbonisation of the EU building stock. As part of the Renovation...
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Adrien Carton joins today Glass for Europe as ‘Sustainable Construction & Policy Manager’. The Glass for Europe members, partners and secretariat look forward working with...
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Over the summer, Glass for Europe responded to two EU consultations launched on the topic of construction and demolition waste. In both instances, Glass for...
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‘Climate neutrality plans’ are a novelty introduced by the revised EU Emissions Trading System directive published on 16 May 2023. These climate-neutrality plans are to...
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Glass for Europe released today a position paper outlining several enforcement issues of the ban on imports of flat glass coming from Russia. Despite the...
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On the second day of the Glasstech Mexico fair, Bertrand Cazes, Glass for Europe’s Secretary General, gave a speech on “Drivers of added-value glazing in...
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On July 11, the European Parliament adopted its position on the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive. The final text is drawing a delicate balance...
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In the last two days, the European Parliament adopted its first reading position on two essential pieces of legislation that govern the placing on the...
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Today marks the launch of an informative video campaign signed by Glass for Europe which highlights the positive impact of glazing technologies on summer comfort....
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This week, Glass for Europe was in Tampere, Finland, for the Glass Performance Days (GPD), the international forum dedicated to the development of the global...
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Glass for Europe attended the first stakeholder workshop on the SUNRISE project. SUNRISE (multiSensor sorting tools in a circular economy approach for the efficient recycling...
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Today, Glass for Europe dedicated its second 2023 workshop to “the logistic of glass racks and stillages” in the EU. Participants discussed the challenges and...
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On 22 May, glass and glazing national associations gathered in Brussels for the Annual meeting of the National Partners Group of Glass for Europe. During the...
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The flat glass industry is steadfastly dedicated to optimising its contribution to the objectives of the Net-Zero Industry Act and to strengthen the resilience and...
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“Ecodesign considerations have been embraced for many years and are at the core of the flat glass sector’s present and future development efforts”, said Bertrand...
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On April 26, Glass for Europe participated in Glass Print 2023, Europe’s only dedicated event for the decoration of glass which gathers together international glassmakers,...
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On 18 April, Glass for Europe was in Eindhoven to participate in the Glass Trend’s event “Smart Sustainable Glass Manufacturing”. The event tackled one of the...
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Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System Directive (EU ETS) with 413 votes in favour to 167 against (57...
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On March 27 and 28, Glass for Europe was in the US for the Glass & Glazing Advocacy Days organised by NGA – National Glass...
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On March 24, Glass for Europe introduced MEP Christian Doleschal, rapporteur on the revision of the Construction Products Regulation, to the world of flat glass...
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Automotive glass can contribute to reducing the environmental impact of vehicles. High-performance glazing technology can lower mobile air-conditioning energy loads, and subsequently cut CO2 emissions...
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PRESS RELEASE The net-zero industry act needs to be beefed up rapidly Brussels, 17 March 2023: During the last week, the European Commission unveiled a series of...
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Today, the European Parliament adopted its position on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) with 343 votes in favour, 216 against and 78 abstentions....
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In the last years, Europeans have witnessed increasingly increasingly acute and frequent heat waves and temperatures, especially in summer, are expected to climb further in...
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Glass for Europe is officially a member of the European Solar PV Industry Alliance, an initiative launched in December 2022 by the European Commission. The...
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On 7 February, more than 40 participants representing national partners and members of Glass for Europe participated in the internal workshop “Lifecycle carbon calculation tool”. In...
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The Green Deal Industrial Plan, published yesterday by the European Commission, aims at enhancing the competitiveness of Europe’s net-zero industry and supporting the transition to...
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2023 starts with a new National Partner joining Glass for Europe’s family: the Association of Glass Nordic (AGN). The glass industry associations in the Nordic countries...
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In its answer to the public consultation on the review of the Food Contact Materials Regulation, Glass for Europe highlighted the need to consider the...
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On 14 December, Glass for Europe was at the Glass Palace of the United Nations, New York, for the Closing Ceremony of the International Year...
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Today, we have learned that the recognition of the CE marking for construction products in the UK will be extended for a further 2.5 years....
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The second Glass for Europe annual meeting for glass and glazing national associations took place yesterday, 29 November. Activating coordinated actions in the framework of...
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Glass for Europe believes that the new requirements proposed in the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and the recast of the European Pollutant...
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For over a year, the European Union Europe has been coping with security of gas supply and unbearable high bills for both the consumers and...
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Brussels, 18 November 2022: The United Nations designated 2022 as the International Year of Glass, the first time a man-made material was chosen for worldwide...
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On November 14, the UK government announced that the UK will continue to recognise the CE marking for a further 2 years for certain products. ...
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For the first time after several years of COVID, Glasstech Asia reconvened in Singapore from 26 to 28 October. Alongside the fair gathering hundreds of...
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Today, 17 October 2022, Glass for Europe hosted its 1st workshop for national glass and glazing associations and flat glass members on the review of...
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On 12 October 2022, Glass for Europe took part in a workshop on measuring the application of circular approaches in the construction ecosystem. A study...
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Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) have the potential to generate a significant shift in building renovation. While aligned to the higher performance standards, they can...
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Glass for Europe is glad to announce a new partnership with RE-Source Platform. RE-Source advocates for long-term renewable energy contracts (i.e., Power Purchase Agreements) and...
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Yesterday, Glass for Europe was in France to talk about the European Union climate policies at the CEKAL conference dedicated to certified glazing, climate issues,...
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Glasstec, the International Glass Trade Fair, reopened its doors after 4 years of a forced break due to the COVID pandemic. From 20 to 23...
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On 17 September 2022, Glass for Europe participated in the meeting of the Community of Glass Associations within the framework of The Italian Glass Weeks...
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Today, Glass Alliance Europe, and other associations representing European energy intensive industries, called on the European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen and Mr Jozef...
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“High-performance glazing in EU building policy” was the topic presented yesterday, 28 August 2022, by Glass for Europe at the seminar “VIDRIO Y SUSTENTABILIDAD: Contribución del...
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The European Commission released today, 20 July 2022, a new legislative tool and a European Gas Demand Reduction Plan, to reduce gas use in Europe by...
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The report on the recast Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) was adopted today by large majority in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) of...
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Glass for Europe lead the work on the paper released today by Glass Alliance Europe on the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and...
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Today, the European flat glass association releases its recommendations on the revision of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). “Glass for Europe welcomes the European Commission’s...
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Glass for Europe and its members were under the spotlight at the Sustainable Industrial Manufacturing conference in Brussels, with two member company representatives of Glass...
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Improving sorting and quality of the end-of-life automotive glass pieces could provide a new source of recycled glass for flat glass manufacturing. In its position...
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Glass for Europe reacted to today’s vote on the review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism...
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Glass for Europe was honored to sponsor the 2022 edition of the ECEEE Summer Study, which took place in Hyères, the South of France, 6–11...
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The European Commission’s REPowerEU Plan, released yesterday on 18 May, 2022, aims to phase out the EU’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels and speed up...
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Yesterday, 5 May 2022, Glass for Europe hosted its 2nd workshop on flat glass recycling. Glass for Europe’s workshops provide a forum to glass and...
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On Friday 28 April, Bertrand Cazes, Secretary General of Glass for Europe, participated as a speaker to the 4th Innovative Glazing Global Summit. The latest technological...
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Yesterday, 30 March, the European Commission released new proposals aiming at making sustainable products the norm in the EU. The main objective of the package...
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Glass for Europe believes that it is time for a coherent revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). In the position paper released...
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Joana Arreguy elected Chairwoman of Glass for Europe Press release Brussels, 30 March 2022: On March 24, during Glass for Europe’s General Assembly, Joana Arreguy, Glass Industrial Director...
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“Glazing will be essential to deliver truly sustainable buildings” affirms Glass for Europe’s Secretary General B. Cazes in an interview released for the Theme Park...
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Europe is now at a critical junction in shaping its energy transition, only accelerated due to the tragic events unfolding in Ukraine. Europe’s flat glass...
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The geopolitical events at the borders of Europe are of high concerns to all of us seeking peace, security, and prosperity in Europe. While our...
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Glass for Europe launches today a new section of its website and a video on the role of glass in sustainable buildings. As new construction becomes...
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Yesterday, Glass for Europe, together with ARGE, European Aluminium, EPPA, ES-SO, and EuroWindoor, released their recommendations on the recast of the Energy Performance of Building...
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On Thursday 24 February, representatives of glass and glazing national associations and Glass for Europe’s members companies participated in the first workshop on “Flat glass...
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On February 17th, Glass for Europe answered to the public consultation on “Commercial vehicles – weights and dimensions (evaluation)”. While the harmonization aimed at by...
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Today, the Chairman of Glass for Europe Philippe Bastien was at the Palace of Nations in Geneva for the opening ceremony of the International Year...
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In both the European Parliament and the Council, the legislative debate on the fit for 55 package becomes more intense. Glass for Europe is actively...
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Glass for Europe was in Long Beach, California for the NGA Glass Conference. The event organized by NGA – National Glass Association takes place twice...
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The European flat glass sector association releases today its recommendations on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. It is Glass for Europe’s belief that the following...
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The European flat glass sector association releases today its recommendations on the review of the Emissions Trading Scheme Directive. A revision of the phase IV...