Glass Canada • October 2023 • Commercial content at WinDoor

As a commercial glass professional, it’s possible WinDoor hasn’t been on your radar in the past. This could be the year that changes, with host Fenestration Canada pulling out all the stops to engage the full spectrum of the architectural glass community in addition to its usual congregation of around 1,000 window and door manufacturers and dealers. WinDoor happens Nov. 15 and 16 at the Toronto Congress Centre.

WinDoor has partnered with Top Glass to have Glass Canada and Fenestration Review editor Patrick Flannery moderate a panel discussion titled “Across the Great Divide: The narrowing gap between the residential and commercial glass industries.” Mike Bruno of Everlast Windows and Doors, Adrian Edge of Innotech Windows and Doors and Brett Lucier of Provincial Glass will sit down with Flannery in an interactive discussion about the differences and similarities between the vinyl and aluminum sides of the business and how those distinctions may be blurring as technology and the building industry are changing. All these panelists work on both sides of the street, so they have valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities on both sides.

Juliette Cook from Half Climate Design will present “A Whole Life Carbon Approach to the Building Envelope.” As governments move past concerns with operational energy efficiency to add consideration of carbon emissions created in the manufacture, transport and installation of building materials, commercial glaziers working with glass and aluminum will face a special challenge. Half Climate Design is a leading building science research studio and Cook’s insights in the future of sustainable facade design will be critical for anyone thinking about the future.

Fenestration Canada Commercial technical director, Jeffery Makimoto, will educate on all things silicone with a presentation addressing structural adhesive and weather sealing, physical and visual testing, two- versus four-sided glazing, setting chair placement, substrate bonding and more. Send your engineer!