The Architect’s Guide to High-Performance Polycarbonate Windows
With the right panel construction and a properly detailed framing system, polycarbonate can outperform both glass and FRP where projects are most sensitive: impact resilience, thermal performance, and long-term light quality.
Enhancing Daylighting in Large-Scale Industrial Window Design
In large-scale facilities, industrial windows are critical tools for visibility and comfort, not just aesthetics. Effective design addresses deep floor plates and glare through strategic placement and diffusion rather than just maximizing glass area. Success depends on selecting durable materials that withstand industrial wear while ensuring reliable maintenance access.
Why Industrial Facilities Are Switching to Polycarbonate Windows
Polycarbonate windows are emerging as a preferred solution for industrial facilities because they offer a higher level of impact resistance compared to traditional glass or fiberglass. These systems absorb significant force without breaking, which reduces injury risks and limits downtime caused by damaged glazing in loading zones or high-traffic areas.
Value Engineering for Contractors: Choosing the Right Industrial Windows
Industrial aluminum windows play a central role in value engineering by balancing performance, budget, and constructability. These systems offer superior strength and stability under heavy use, resisting corrosion and material fatigue better than many alternatives. Because they can be prefabricated, they simplify fieldwork and reduce installation time, ensuring schedule certainty for large-scale projects.
Translucent Walls, Windows, and Skylight Systems for Industrial Applications with Polycarbonate Systems
Adding polycarbonate windows, translucent walls, and skylight systems to industrial buildings can add many benefits including improved safety, better work environment, and more. Not only can outdated, broken windows and skylights be an eyesore—they can contribute to soaring heating and cooling costs. Adding operable windows that can stay open during rainfall can improve ventilation while […]
Sustainability in Manufacturing
AT EXTECH, we are committed to designing and producing sustainable products for the built environment. It is known that daylighting products promote long-term well-being of building occupants. We believe that the commitment to sustainability starts at the product design level and should continue through the manufacturing, installation process, and through the products end of life. […]
The Benefits of Prefabricated Systems
Prefabricated systems (also referred to as factory fabricated systems) have grown in popularity in the construction industry. Prefabrication is the manufacturing and assembly of a system prior to being transported to the site of installation. Prefabrication has been used historically for many years and for various types of infrastructure. At EXTECH, our systems and prefabricated; […]
Photos & Sustainability: How the TECHVENT 5300 helps the environment
 Sustainability continues to be a big topic in the architecture and construction industries, and we have talked at length about the ecological benefits offered by our LIGHTWALL translucent wall systems. We now realize we haven’t given other EXTECH systems their proper credit, particularly our TECHVENT 5300 windows. The TECHVENT 5300 has delivered a surprising […]