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Vote for Solar Innovations – 2016 USGlass Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards

  Voting for the 2016 USGlass Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards closes tomorrow! Vote for Solar Innovations® today! Solar Innovations® is a nominee for Most Significant Curtain Wall / Glazing System and Most Significant Operable / Movable Wall Product. Please cast your vote for our Structural Glazing and G3 Narrow Lite Folding Glass Wall Systems. At […]

Case Study: Utilizing Greenhouse Accessories and Passive Solar to Create an Educational Greenhouse

Challenge While constructing a net zero energy school in Staten Island, New York, a board of education sought the experience of Solar Innovations® in the design of a greenhouse. The design intent was to create an educational space for students to learn about food growth while promoting passive solar design and allowing daylight into the […]

Conservation Food Plot

Wildlife Conservation Food Plots

With colder weather on the horizon, our wildlife food plots are becoming increasingly crucial to the local wildlife. Food plots are small clearings in farmland or wooded areas that are dedicated to planting food supplements for various species including white-tailed deer, turkey, mourning doves, and bobwhite quail. Though food plots are often solely used to bring […]

Sliding Glass Door Systems and Vertical Wall

Project Spotlight: 15-04-454 Private Residence

Solar Innovations® Architectural Glazing Systems’ install team recently completed work on two SI8200 90° no-post multi-track sliding glass doors and a SI5208 aluminum vertical wall with two butt glazed corners on a private Mid-Atlantic residence. The vertical wall utilizes a SI5200 FGS Flexible Glass System. The multi-track sliding doors feature a OXXXO configuration, allowing for […]

90 degree operable skylight

Case Study: 11-06-295 Using 90º Operable Skylights to Increase Daylighting

Challenge A residential client approached Solar Innovations® to design and install a skylight on their existing sunroom in Brooklyn, New York. The sunroom is located next to a city backstreet, and the client was looking for a design that would maximize the positive effects of daylighting while avoiding the unappealing views of the adjacent street. […]