Green office building leads to improved employee health
The glass-enclosed, energy-efficient and sustainable Canadian headquarters for software company SAS Institute in Toronto has helped improve the health of staff, SAS officials said in a Nov. 14 article from BusinessGreen. SAS President Carl Farrell says the building offers improved air circulation.
The green office also helped the company cut energy use by 20 percent, according to the article … read more

Gruesome worker safety ads elicit shock, awareness
Canada’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board created a series of television ads designed to shock viewers to adhere to work safety protocols. The ads, featuring such graphic scenes as a chef accidently dousing herself in boiling water and a man thrown off the side of a building, have received both praise and criticism for their explicit delivery … read more

Solar Gard window films teams with Clinton Climate Initiative
San Diego-based Solar Gard window films, part of Bekaert Specialty Films, also of San Diego, will work with the Clinton Climate Initiative to reduce energy consumption in nonresidential buildings, according to a Solar Gard release Nov. 6. Solar Gard film can be sized to fit any glass door or window, and is included in the Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program designed to lower energy consumption for pre-existing public structures, according to the release … read more

Saint-Gobain exec discusses training, recruitment
Alan McLenaghan, head of Saint-Gobain’s Eggborough, North Yorkshire, float glass facility, says thorough recruitment and training policies will give a company the right employees to lead product development and improve manufacturing, according to an in-depth interview with McLenaghan in the Nov. 13 edition of Manufacturing Exec. McLenaghan has won several awards for his recruitment policies… read more

Glass sculpture brings life to Trafalgar Square
Model for a Hotel, Thomas Schutte’s new glass sculpture, was unveiled Nov. 15 in London’s Trafalgar Square. The piece stands more than 16 feet high and consists of sheets of glass in bright primary colors, designed to resemble an architectural building model … read more

Coral Industries adds DecoTherm to product line
Officials from Coral Industries, Tuscaloosa, Ala., signed a licensing agreement to manufacture DecoTherm Digital Ceramic Frit Glass Decoration, starting in January 2008, according to a Nov. 7 release … read more

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