[BCNnet] Bird-safe glass announced (in Chicago) by Guardian Industries

[Randi Doeker - Chicago]

FYI

 

This morning, the director of applications development and customer service
for Guardian Industries Corporation, Jemssy Alvarez, announced that Guardian
has developed clear bird-safe glass.

 

This announcement was at the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the
Chicago Academy of Sciences. The tie-in is that one of the Academy trustees
is good friends with the owner of Guardian. That's what got Guardian, and
more importantly, Jemssy involved. When the company management declined to
pursue the product (due to a total lack of customer demand as far as they
could see), Jemssy did the research himself.

 

Per Jemssy, what they have done is determine that the creation of the
bird-safe glass is easy to do and does not hinder any other aspects of the
glass that buyers want or need.

 

This is still not a product that Guardian sells because testing has yet to
be done at the level required for commercial products. 

 

The way to get Guardian to fund this testing is to create demand. That
demand is not limited to paying customers. Calls from public officials,
construction and architecture industry experts, etc., can be just as
attention-getting.  Please take any opportunity you have to tell architects,
buildings and public officials about the new glass.

 

Randi Doeker

Birds & Buildings Forum

Chicago

www.birdsandbuildings.org <http://www.birdsandbuildings.org/> 

 

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