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AviProtek^® Turbo Bird Friendly Glass Shifts Into High Gear with Low E Option

February 26, 2026 · News

Gardner Walker is pleased to announce the low e coating component of its highly anticipated AviProtek^® Turbo bird friendly glass offering, as previewed at GlassBuild...

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Designing For LEED Credits Featured

Acid-etched Glass / Bird Friendly Glass / Environment

Designing for LEED^® Credits with Gardner Walker Products

October 15, 2021

LEED^® is a widely adopted certification for green building and performance management, and its popularity…

Bird Safe Glass Explained Featured

Bird Friendly Glass

Bird Safe Glass Explained: The Results

August 24, 2021

Authored by Dr. Daniel Klem Jr., Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology at…

GW Introduces New HPD For Mirrors

Gardner Walker Introduces new HPD^® for Mirrors – Etched and Unetched

August 23, 2021

Gardner Walker continues its commitment to sustainable and transparent manufacturing with new Health Product Declarations^®…

Bird Window Collisions Featured

Bird Friendly Glass / Environment

Bird-Window Collisions from a Wild Bird Rehabilitation Centre’s Point of View

Image Credit: Catherine Jarjour, Volunteer at Le Nichoir Authored by Jo-Annie Gagnon, B.Sc. Education Program…

Daylighting With Custom Acid Etched Glass Featured

Acid-etched Glass / Exterior

Daylighting with Custom Acid-Etched Glass

The Peter George Centre for Living and Learning at McMaster University McMaster University’s Peter George…

Full Surface Acid Etched Starphire Glass Featured

Acid-etched Glass

Full Surface Acid-Etched Starphire^® Glass: The Designer’s Choice

Focus is on comfort right now. Take a look through current architectural and décor magazines,…

Garden Room National Aviary Featured

Acid-etched Glass / Bird Friendly Glass

Bird Friendly Glass at The Garden Room of the National Aviary

In October 2020 the National Aviary in Pittsburgh unveiled its new bird friendly Garden Room,…

5 Things You Need To Know About Hpds Featured

Five things you need to know about Health Product Declarations^®

February 22, 2021

Our interview with LEED expert Josée Lupien, of Vertima Environmental Certification Experts Green building standards…

GW Secures New HPDs Featured

Gardner Walker Secures New HPD^® Certifications

January 21, 2021

Gardner Walker is proud to announce new Health Product Declarations^® (HPD^®) for its acid-etched and…

Aviprotek T Transparent Bird Safe Glass Featured

Bird Friendly Glass

AviProtek^® T transparent bird safe glass

January 20, 2021

As cities across North America legislate for bird safe building practices, architects and other professionals are…

Marion Pynn Circle Joins Sales And Marketing Team Featured

Gardner Walker Enhances its Sales and Marketing Team

January 7, 2021

Gardner Walker is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to its sales…

Bird Safe Glass Design Rules Featured

Bird Friendly Glass

Bird Safe Glass – design rules to meet your budget and minimize bird collisions

October 22, 2020

When designing a building, architects must strike a balance between form, function, and very real…