The use of high-performance, energy-efficient glass and dynamic solar control is likely to see an uptick in Brazil, as the country gets ready to create and establish its building envelope energy-rating system in the eve of hosting the upcoming Olympics and the World Cup. The Brazil-USA Building Envelope Energy Efficiency Technology Cooperation Workshop, organized by the Brazil-U.S. Building Council, in Sao Paolo in November brought together representatives from the U.S. and Brazilian governments, as well as the private sector, to discuss plans for developing an energy-rating system to help con-sumers identify energy-saving building envelope products, such as windows.
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