Marc Everling

One of the major themes at this year's glasstec, held Oct. 22-25, is circularity. Marc Everling speaks to prominent glass industry leaders about the realities of reusing glass construction materials and creating material transparency.

Integrating artificial intelligence will help the flat glass industry to optimize processes, reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions, and increase international competitiveness. 

At this year's glasstec, held Oct. 22-25 in Düsseldorf, Germany, circular economy will be a Hot Topic, a major area of focus for the international trade show. Decarbonization and digital technologies are other Hot Topics of the show.

Climate change will require construction to fundamentally change. glasstec officials discussed the possibilities and innovations with Jochen Hölscher, managing director of facade construction company Hölscher.

The construction sector is the biggest consumer of resources and energy in Germany. There are still too many valuable and dwindling resources used for new construction and hardly any “real” material cycles based on the "closed-loop recycling" model are used when buildings are demolished.