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independently recognizing excel-
lence in green business industry
performance and practice glob-
ally. Through its rigorous cer-
tification and credentialing standards,
GBCI drives the adoption of green busi-
ness practices that foster global com-
petitiveness and enhance environmental
performance and human health benefits.
This new venture will serve to facilitate
the growth of USGBC’s LEED program
and GBCI rating systems, and provide
additional on-the-ground support for the
country. GBCI Canada is now the third
incorporation of GBCI including GBCI
Europe and GBCI India, but the first part-
nership with an established green build-
ing council.
“GBCI and CaGBC complement each
other by bringing unique strengths to the
joint venture that together will help ac-
celerate market transformation one proj-
ect at a time,” said Mahesh Ramanujam,
president and CEO, GBCI. “CaGBC
brings 15 years of green building exper-
tise, market reach and industry access
earned through establishing LEED as the
leading green building rating system in
Canada, making them an ideal partner
as we work to improve access to GBCI
sustainability programs and resources.
This longstanding partnership sets a fine
example of how together we can achieve
something bigger and helps us to keep
building.”
For more information, go to www.
cagbc.org.
PPG Expert Discusses
Commercialization of Sol-
Gel-Based Transparent
Functional Coatings
Songwei Lu, Ph.D., PPG senior research
associate and group leader for display
coatings, will present “Commercialization
of Sol-Gel-Based Transparent Functional
Coatings” at the 19th International Sol-Gel Conference in Liege, Belgium, the
company announced.
Lu is scheduled to speak at 11: 30 a.m.
on Sept. 5, according to PPG.
According to Marketing
Communications Manager Sharon Bird,
Lu’s presentation will highlight new performance advances in sol-gel-based transparent functional coatings for display
applications featuring enhanced easy-to-clean (EC), anti-glare (AG), anti-reflective
(AR) and anti-fingerprint (AFP) coatings.
The presentation will also address
prototype sol-gel-based transparent functional coatings that PPG has developed
and scaled from 4-kg lab batches to 40-
kg lab batches at its U.S. development
center, as well as commercialized in 100-
to 1,000-kg batches at its Tianjin, China,
plant, Bird added.
Per PPG: Sprayed onto glass substrates following low-temperature cure,
the super-hydrophobic EC coating exhibits high deionized water-contact angles
greater than or equal to 115 degrees and
excellent abrasion resistance by passing
at least 10,000 cycles using super-fine
(#0000) steel wool under a 1-kilogram
