Şişecam, one of the world’s largest flat glass producers, continues to add value with its innovative energy-efficient products. The company undertakes projects and initiatives designed to raise awareness of the energy-efficient coated glass while conducting production, development, and R&D activities for these products. As part of this effort, Şişecam attended the Zero Energy Buildings (ZEB) event ZeroBuild Summit’22 held at TÜYAP on March 23 to 26, 2022 within the 44th Turkeybuild Istanbul.
In the “Material Management for Reducing Carbon Emissions in Buildings” session of the forum, Şişecam’s presentation explained how its products help reduce carbon emissions and presented further information about the impacts of nZEB on the glass industry from a legal and regulatory perspective during the “nZEB and Thermal Insulation” session.
Şişecam informed sector professionals about its exclusive products developed for effective energy saving and the wide range of insulated glass. The Isıcam K 3+ test tunnel received a great deal of attention from forum attendees who had the opportunity to experience the clearly felt benefits of thermal insulation provided by value added Isıcam products
Numerous spokespersons as experts in their respective fields and many academics attended the event. The ZeroBuild Summit’22 was organized in 16 different sessions under the slogan “Change Starts Here.” The Zero Energy Buildings forum was broadcast live on the YouTube channels of Turkeybuild Istanbul and ZeroBuild Turkey.
Another topic of discussion was the transformation to zero energy buildings, now mandatory for all new buildings in the European Union as of January 1, 2021, and included in the action plans of many countries.