Sphinx Glass & PPG Industries

First Technical Seminar in Cairo
Sphinx Glass in collaboration with PPG Industries hosted their first
technical seminar about the latest coatings technology and the Green
Building movement in Egypt at the Intercontinental City Stars in Cairo.
More than 60 glass professional attended the seminar to exchange ideas
and experiences and also to get introduced to the latest glass coating
performance and the latest products of Sphinx Glass and PPG.
Mr. Mohamed Khattab , CEO of Sphinx Glass initiated the event by his
welcome speech, then Mr. Hossam   Habib, Projects & Technical Support
Manager of Sphinx Glass introduced the remarkable milestones in Sphinx
Glass history, followed by a presentation on “Glass for Energy Efficient
Building”
PPG representatives William Klingensmith , Business Development director,
and Patricia Athey, Energy Saving Glass Products Manager gave a lecture
on how to choose the proper glass product to meet the desired
performance, especially in a hot climate country like Egypt.
Mrs. Athey has also made a simulation of the Raya Plaza building, a world
class corporate complex with international standards of office-design just
delivered by Sphinx Glass on 6th of October city. The simulations showed
that Solarban RIOO glass on clear offers the best energy savings.
Looking at this finding in a broader context, it can be concluded that using
high performance glass gives the building designers more flexibility in
building shape and orientation without trading off energy efficiency and
comfort.
Prof. Dr. Eng. Medhat   Khorshid, representing the Egyptian Green Building
Council had made a speech about the green building movement in Egypt
and the efforts exerted to activate construction’s legislation and to spread
the green building culture within the community.
The seminar aimed also to establish dialog between leading glass users,
from consultants, architects or glass processors through a series of invited
talks, discussions and break sessions.