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Bendheim Architectural Glass at Award-Winning Solar Decathlon Project

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Team California’s Solar-Powered House Awarded Third Place in Prestigious Competition Hosted by U.S. Department of Energy

This year, Bendheim was part of the exciting international competition that challenged 20 teams of college students to build the most technologically savvy solar-powered house at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C.

 

Bendheim supported the efforts of Team California, a team of 100 undergraduates from Santa Clara University and California College of Arts, through the donation of Color Coated glass for the team’s Refract House. The team was awarded third place in the competition which took place on October 8-16, 2009.

 

Team California completed Refract House after two years of hard work, then dismantled and transported it across the country to reassemble the structure upon arrival at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Team members moved into their house for the duration of the competition, proving it could produce enough electricity and hot water from solar panels to run a modern home with all essential conveniences.
Team California’s goal to create a house as beautiful as it was energy-efficient brought them to Bendheim’s “White” and “Blue Stream” Color Coated low-iron glasses for kitchen and bathroom backsplashes. These 100 percent VOC-free, hygienic, maintenance-friendly products also provided the desired contemporary aesthetic.
The large Bendheim glass panels were manufactured using environmentally friendly water-based, fade-resistant color coatings.  Bendheim’s precision cutting, polishing, tempering, and back-painting processes met the fast-track requirements of the project.

 

This year’s Solar Decathlon competition was the fourth since the event premiered in 2002 with subsequent competitions in 2005 and 2007. On average, each Solar Decathlon has drawn more than 100,000 visitors to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

 

To learn more about Team California’s Refract House, visit www.refracthouse.com. To learn more about the Solar Decathlon, visit www.solardecathlon.org.

Titanium® SatinTech® Glass in “Metropolitan Home” Showtime House by Jamie Drake

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Bendheim’s SatinTech® architectural glass is featured in Metropolitan Home’s Showtime House, a much anticipated transformation of a 19th-century New York City townhouse into a contemporary masterpiece. The project was inspired by several Showtime® original TV series, including “Californication,” “Dexter™,” “The L Word®,” “The Tudors” and “Weeds.” The Showtime House renovation is featured in the December 2008 issue of Metropolitan Home magazine.

The Bendheim installation is part of the designer’s vision of fictional writer Hank Moody’s dream study; a concept inspired by the “Californication” series, starring David Duchovny. Designed by Jamie Drake of Drake Design Associates, this modern home study has a unique luminescent quality that evokes tranquility and comfort. Drake’s design accentuates the fireplace with a wall of Bendheim’s gently reflective SatinTech® decorative glass, making it the room’s focal point and brightening the space. The SatinTech® glass feature wall offers beauty and radiance. Its permanent, maintenance-friendly surface resists fingerprinting and stains and is easily cleaned with commercial cleaners.
Bendheim’s SatinTech® family of architectural glasses gently diffuses light through a soft, silky, acid etched finish. SatinTech® glass is available in various patterns, colors and levels of translucency for dramatic visual effects. It can be ordered in standard annealed, safety-tempered and laminated forms.

Homeowners Gain Direct Access to Specialty Decorative Glass via Bendheim’s Cabinet Glass Website

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Homeowners can now choose from more than 150 types of decorative glass at www.BendheimCabinetGlass.com. Bendheim Cabinet Glass is a division of Bendheim, the country’s foremost supplier of specialty glass. The company, a pioneer in the decorative glass trade, has been supplying architects and designers with fine specialty glasses for over 80 years. Now, for the first time, Bendheim offers a collection of its decorative glasses directly to homeowners and remodelers via its Cabinet Glass website. This collection of 100+ glasses has been carefully selected from Bendheim’s stock of over 2,000 glass varieties.

The website offers an extensive selection of mouth-blown and machine-made glasses – from contemporary to traditional – for cabinet, door, and window applications. Homeowners can select from a wide variety of antique, organic and geometric patterned, frosted, and colored glasses. The glasses can be provided in tempered or laminated safety form for use in home, office, and retail spaces.
“Our website gives consumers the opportunity to make a personal design statement with the finest quality decorative glass,” said Steven Jayson, Vice President of Bendheim. “All our cabinet glasses are imported, stocked, processed and carefully packed in our facilities. Our strict quality control and custom packaging ensure our customers receive their order on time and intact.”
Online visitors will find “how to” guidelines for measuring cabinet and door openings to ensure proper fit and trouble-free installation. Customers can order glass in various shapes and sizes, including special template-cut orders.
The website includes a QuickTime video showing Martha Stewart’s tour of Bendheim’s New York City showroom, which was featured on “Martha Stewart Living.”  Also revealed are the centuries-old, authentic antique window glass techniques utilized in the production of Bendheim’s exclusive Restoration Glass® and Lamberts mouth-blown glass.