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WELCOME MESSAGE
GREAT TO BE BACK
When we brought Top Glass to Calgary last year it was something of an experiment. Canadian trade shows have tended to cluster in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal for the very simple reason that that is where the most people are. But our team had a strong intuition that a show for all of western Canada would attract enough interest and excitement to overcome the travel distances, and boy we weren’t disappointed. The turnout and feedback in 2024 was easily sufficient to convince us that Calgary needs an architectural glass event every year. So here we are and here you are, too. Thanks!
One great part of coming to Calgary is the nearby availability of top-tier experts in architectural glass to present a valuable education program. Calgary’s own Shiva Zargar of Build Neutral and Dallas Paquette of Everlast will enrich the discussion in our One Number panel. We’re proud to again welcome top students from NAIT and SAIT for GAMA’s apprenticeship awards. B.C.ers Terry Adamson, Murray Frank and Jonathan Layton didn’t have too far to travel. Art Huard has made the trip from Toronto, but knows the region well from his many years criss-crossing the country as an architectural sales representative.
We hope you find today fun and valuable. As always, we welcome your feedback and suggestions for future events. Don’t hesitate to say hello to myself, our brand manager Leslie Osborne or event planner Azeemah Abowath is you have any questions or comments.
Patrick Flannery Editor, Glass Canada
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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
9:00 AM SHOW OPENS
Top Glass is where you can visit top suppliers to the architectural glass industry. Over 40 vendors with a laser focus on Canada’s ICI glazing market will be on hand to answer your questions. You might learn more on the show floor than in the lecture hall!
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
TEST ONCE AND SCALE: THE FENESTRATION CANADA THERMAL PERFORMANCE CALCULATOR
Presenter: Terry Adamson, Fenestration Canada technical director
A brave new world of performance validation may be on the horizon now that Vancouver has recognized Fenestration Canada’s online thermal performance calculator as an acceptable way to verify a fenestration assembly’s thermal performance, with other jurisdictions likely to follow suit. Say goodbye to non-compliant model-size thermal performance and benefit from actual size-specific values using your scaled certified data and meet the aggressive specified requirements – with the thermal calculator you can scale up the data quickly with no additional cost and have your building inspector jumping for joy!
10:45AM - 11:45 AM
INSIDE LUXWALL: AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT VACUUM INSULATING GLASS MANUFACTURING
Presenter: Art Huard, NVoy
In a North American first, LuxWall’s Canadian representative, Art Huard of NVoy, will reveal (some) of the dark secrets of how vacuum insulating glass is made and made commercially viable at LuxWall’s incredible Litchfield, Mi., manufacturing facility. Robots, vision systems, four-micron flatness tolerances, custom-made hyper-tempering lines, high-precision primer application, funky clamping systems…it’s a peek over the frontier of what’s possible in glass fabrication.
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM LUNCH
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM
GAMA APPRENTICESHIP AWARDS
Join the leaders of Alberta’s glass industry as they recognize our next generation of glaziers. The GAMA Apprenticeship Awards go out to top achievers in the glazing programs at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). It’s a proud moment for these talented young people – the smiles say it all!
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM
FIREPROOF FENESTRATION: TIME TO GET READY FOR WILDFIRE RESISTANCE REQUIREMENTS
Presenter: Murray Frank, Building It Right
As wildfires get worse every year, Natural Resources Canada has started hosting meetings about developing Canadian standards for wildfire resiliency in homes that go beyond the familiar interior fire-resistance rules. Those rules will include windows and doors and commercial projects in fire-prone areas. Murray Frank conducted the most expensive wildfire-resilience test ever performed in Canada when his B.C. cabin, built purposely to resist wildfires, burned down in a wildfire. He’s at Top Glass West to tell us what he learned and what we need to know about protecting facades from these specific kinds of fires.
2:30 PM
THE ONE NUMBER PANEL
Moderator: Patrick Flannery, Glass Canada
Panelists:
• Jonathan “JoMo” Layton, Layton Consulting
• Shiva Zargar, Build Neutral
• Dallas Paquette, Everlast Group of Companies
Embodied carbon regulations are being developed right now for the 2030 National Building Code update cycle. You know all that work you put in to making your products insulating? Well, get ready to do it all over again, except this time to make them low-carbon. Which might mean they need to be less insulating. Oh, and then be ready in a few years to upgrade their resilience and longevity, which may or may not impact their insulating values and carbon content. Better check the solar heat gain while you are at it in case your design increases the cooling requirements.
Is it time to get off this hamster wheel of half-measures when it comes to sustainable building regulation? Some jurisdictions around the world have mandated One Number – the allowable carbon intensity per square foot of the building project – and left it to architects and contractors to figure out how to achieve it. Is this something our industry wants and should be pushing for with the code authorities? Let’s hash it out in the room with our highly not-shy experts.
10:45 AM SHOW ENDS
SOFTWARE FOR WINDOW & DOOR MANUFACTURERS
HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS
ART HUARD NVOY group of companies
Arthur “Art” Huard is a Toronto based glass and glazing specialist with 50 years of global experience at every level of the glass business.
A Wilfrid Laurier University alumnus, he works with clients across North America and the Caribbean and collaborates with vendors around the world to introduce advanced materials and fabrication methods. Art stays current by regularly visiting factories and international industry shows, continually seeking the next highperformance buildingenvelope product or service to offer his customers. He is an associate and products principal at NVOY group of companies.
DALLAS PAQUETTE Everlast Group of Companies
Dallas is the newly appointed President of Everlast, a rapidly growing Canadian window and door manufacturer operating across Canada and the United States. Prior to his appointment as President, Dallas served as General Manager of Everlast’s Western Canadian facilities. He has been instrumental in designing and implementing processes and controls within Everlast to prepare the company for its next growth stage.
JONATHON “JoMo” LAYTON Layton Consulting
JoMo Layton is CEO of Layton Consulting, a Langley, B.C., building engineering firm specializing in architectural glass. His industry experience spans 25 years, advising some of western Canada’s highest-profile glazing projects. Layton is a graduate of Lethbridge Polytechnic and holds an MBA from Trinity Western University.
MURRAY FRANK Premier Building Science Specialist
Murray is recognized as a premier building science specialist in British Columbia and has been instrumental in the development of the understanding of moisture problems, energy performance and sustainability relating to single family and multi-unit residential buildings as well as building envelope concerns relating to commercial,
industrial and institutional projects. Murray is an acclaimed educator in his field and has been instrumental in the development and presentation of leading curriculum to the construction industry.
SHIVA ZARGAR Build Neutral
Dr. Shiva Zargar is a life cycle assessment scientist and expert and the founder of Build Neutral Inc., where she helps businesses navigate complex environmental challenges through data-driven solutions. With over 10 years of experience in LCA and as an accredited environmental product declaration verifier, she brings deep technical knowledge and industry insight to her work. She holds a PhD in Sustainable Bioeconomy from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, supported by the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, and combines academic excellence with practical impact across industrial ecology and environmental modelling. With two master’s degrees, one in biosystem mechanics in the field of renewable energies and another in biology focusing on environmental impact assessment, she is a frequent contributor to conferences and publications.
TERRY ADAMSON Fenestration Canada Technical Director
Terry Adamson has spent 40 years in the fenestration industry. He is the epitome of an industry ladder climber. Beginning with Cascade Windows in Langley, B.C., in 1985, he loaded windows onto delivery trucks with an eye on a career and opportunity to advance. With a keen sense of detail, the technical aspects drew him to all facets of development and design with stops in logistics, production, purchasing, sales, then spending 11 years as general manager and 10 years as Technical Director for Westeck Windows just east of Vancouver. He also served for 11 years with WDMA-BC/FenBC to June 2015, including two terms as president, then spent seven years on the board of Fenestration Canada, including one term as association president. A vocal advocate for the industry – competitor or ally – he sees all as colleagues in a challenging business. In May of 2021, Terry joined Fenestration Canada as their on-staff Technical Director. Terry appreciates the challenges facing manufacturers trying to work under confusing building codes and market conditions and is never reluctant to voice his opinion or listen to others in the hopes of finding solutions.
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