Guardian Industries UK glass division is a leading manufacturer of float glass. We produce coated solar control and Low E glass for the residential and commercial markets, as well as laminated and decorative glass products.
Contact information
Guardian Industries UK Ltd
Rawcliffe Road
Goole
East Riding of Yorkshire
DN14 8GA
United Kingdom
Fax: +44 (0)1405 726999
http://www.guardianglass.co.uk
CPD booking contact
Mr Steven Scrivens
specifications@guardian.com
Tel: +44 (0)7595 271766
Approved CPD materials
The Production, Technical Aspects and Use of Glass in Architecture and Half Day Glass Works Tour and Seminar
Type: Factory Visit
This factory visit covers:
- History of float glass
- What makes up glass
- Localisation and material sourcing
- Reducing energy consumption in production
- Float glass manufacturing process
- Annealing and tensile stresses
- Visual quality
- Glass sizes and distribution
- Laminated glass
- Applications and uses
- Bullet and blast resistant glass
- Benefits of laminated glass
- Laminated sizes
- Laminated glass manufacturing process
- Using laminated glass to comply with Building Regulations
- Building Regulations in UK and Ireland (Document N, K and equivalent)
- Standards and compliance
Glass as a Design Material
Type: Seminar
This seminar looks at:
- Glass as a material
- Types of flat glass
- Coated glass
- Laminated glass
- Technical aspects of glass
- Sound control
- Application and performance
- European standards
- Safety and security
- Energy saving
- Exterior applications
- Performance values
- Aesthetic appearance
- Glass and colour
- Decorative glass
- Interior applications
Coated Glass and Energy Balance in Building
Type: Seminar
- What is coated glass?
- Methods of production
- Why coated glass?
- Applications and performance
- Insulating Glass Unit (IGU) configurations
- Reducing CO2 through glass specification
- Performance glass and high selectivity
- Passivhaus and ultra low U value windows
- Building regulations and glass performance
- Coated glass and energy balance
- Environmental and sustainable credentials
- Projects and aesthetic appearance
- BREEAM and glass specification
- Using glass to achieve BREEAM credits
Building Regulation Document L and Energy Efficient Glass
Type: Seminar
- Building regulation document L and glass
- Part L's influence on glass specification
- Technical glass performance explained
- U value and G value - relevance to part L
- Glazing and the future
- Specifying glass and reducing CO2