Guardian Glass

Glazing

Mid-West

USA, Canada

Commercial, Institutional, Residential

Guardian Glass is one of the largest glass producers and innovators in the world. We’ve been working with glass since 1932, and yet the limitless potential of this amazing material still fascinates and inspires us every day. We operate across five continents and serve over 160 countries. Working closely with clients and partners at a global, regional and local level to apply glass innovation across a hugely diverse range of projects. From the creation of architectural glass for world-renowned, landmark structures to the development of more sustainable living and working environments. In the process making some of the most ambitious designs and environmental targets in the world possible.

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Resource Efficiency

At Guardian Glass, we are committed to using our resources more efficiently. One example includes the GulfGuard float glass facility in Saudi Arabia where we’ve made a concerted effort to reduce carbon emissions through several energy reduction initiatives. By installing variable-frequency drives to control the speed of the cooling fans on our float and pattern glass lines, we’ve achieved an annual energy savings of more than 691,000 kWh. By replacing all warehouse roof lamps with high-efficiency LED fixtures, we’re projecting an annual energy savings of nearly 566,000 kWh once complete.

Reusing Glass Cullet

One of the ways we save energy while also reducing our consumption of natural resources is by incorporating cullet into our processes. Cullet is broken or rejected glass that is added to new materials, heated to a liquid state and floated on a bath of molten tin to produce a perfect ribbon of glass, while providing a multitude of benefits not just for our business, but the environment. Glass cullet, which melts at a much lower temperature than sand, is recyclable and reduces our overall energy needs. On average for every 10% of cullet we use in our processes, our energy demands are reduced by up to 3%. The use of cullet reduces CO2 emissions since cullet requires less energy to process. Utilization of cullet lowers our dependency on virgin materials, saving resources like sand, soda ash and limestone.

Sustainability

As a component of Guardian Glass Analytics, we created an award winning Sustainability Calculator measuring products against various green building standards to guide North America prospective customers through the glass selection process. Guardian puts the power of the Sustainability Calculator in your hands to help select, evaluate and document performance according to a range of rating systems. Architects, glaziers, fabricators and contractors today must meet increasing environmental performance demands.