Functional and beautiful Advanced Glazings markets and sells their products a number of different ways. In some cases, they work directly with retailers like Volvo. More often, they sell through architects, who relish in having a tool that help them design buildings that balance and connect the indoors and outdoors. They also work with several school boards – Dr. Milburn estimates they are in “hundreds and hundreds” of schools already, and he says a number of school boards have accepted Solera® as a design standard for effective educational spaces. Another market segment that Advanced Glazings is excited about is the metal building industry. According to Menchefski, metal buildings represent “a growing percentage of all buildings that are made – and it wouldn’t make any sense to ignore that massive segment.” Additionally, metal buildings are typically industrial and commercial buildings, which tend to have very large spaces inside – “the kind of DECEMBER 2024
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