Tubelite UniVent 1375AW Series Therml=Block™ Windows are honored as a Building Design+Construction (BD+C) 75 Top Building Products for 2023 as a Judges’ Pick. The award-winners are showcased in the November/December magazine and recognized online at BDCnetwork.com/75-Top-Products. These operable Tubelite UniVent 1375AW Series Therml=Block Windows are engineered to complement and [ Read More... ]
Let’s kick-off 2024 together at Glass Expo Southeast™ (GESE). Drawing industry colleagues from across the U.S., this regional event is held Thurs.-Fri., Jan. 25-26, at the Rosen Plaza Hotel, 9700 International Drive in Orlando. Tubelite representatives Kevin Haynes, Michael Ross and Adam Swofford will be exhibiting in the Grand [ Read More... ]
The Blue Ribbon Pavilion in Indiana and the gift shop at Mount Rushmore feature doors that are made to perform. Considering that entry doors are among the most frequently used moving parts of a building, it is impressive how long aluminum doors last and how well they perform. High-traffic [ Read More... ]
Texas Society of Architects (TxA) hosts its 84th Annual Conference and Design Expo, Nov. 2-4, at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Tubelite’s representatives, Kent Baumann and Kevin Haynes, will be in the exhibition hall in Booth 531. TxA Design Expo, Nov. 2-3: On Thursday, Nov. 2, join the [ Read More... ]
Glazing contractors are well aware that very few manufacturers have been able to offer them current product-specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for aluminum-framed entrance, storefront, curtainwall, window or other fixed fenestration systems. For manufacturers to develop their comprehensive product-specific EPDs, a Product Category Rule (PCR) document is needed first. [ Read More... ]
Tubelite representative, Jim Oberlin, will be exhibiting at the at the Western & Central New York (WCNY) Glass & Glazing Forum on Friday, Oct. 13. During the Forum, he will present “Storefront or Curtainwall: Seeing through the difference.” Participants at the 1 p.m. classroom session will have the [ Read More... ]
Tubelite will be represented by Rick Hillesheim of Hillesheim Architectural Products in booth #142 at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Iowa Chapter annual convention. Tubelite’s finishing service provider, Linetec, will be located next door in booth #141. “Congruence” is the theme for this year’s convention where more than [ Read More... ]
Tubelite® 950SG Series Therml=Block™ Window Wall system was honored as a 2023 Glass Magazine Award winner in the category of Best Framing System or Component. Tubelite will be recognized in Glass Magazine and at a ceremony at GlassBuild America: The Glass Window & Door Expo in Atlanta, Oct. 31-Nov. 2. [ Read More... ]
Q: Tell me about your job A: September of 2006 I began this awesome journey with Tubelite as an Inventory Analyst. From there I moved into purchasing while holding the inventory control responsibilities. As I gained more knowledge and experience in the purchasing department, I was promoted to Purchasing Supervisor. [ Read More... ]
Most architectural aluminum glazing systems are not designed to be totally waterproof. Rather, most systems are designed to control water infiltration under extreme conditions and weep that water back to the exterior. Storefront and curtainwall systems differ in many ways: appearance, profiles, wind load resistance, glazing, thermal performance and how [ Read More... ]