The Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas installed a thin film on 3,000 glass panes on the building’s exterior and erected giant poolside umbrellas in 2010 to cut down on the intense reflection of sunlight ...

The "Walkie Talkie Building," a name Londoners have ... Scout might use to start a fire with a magnifying glass—by concentrating a beam of sunlight on a point. But at 20 Fenchurch Street ...

“The reflection of sun is getting concentrated to a single ... coats and films that could still be applied to the glass, though the building might not look the same. “They can still probably ...

It's a simple rule of architecture: your building can't damage other buildings. Or parked cars. Or passersby. And yet in London, reflections from the Walkie Talkie Tower recently melted part of ...

It is covered in heat-reflective “Solarcool” glass to mirror the surrounding remote ... a hill-adjacent location protecting it from the sun. There is a solar water heating system, a thermal ...

"Our advice is to make sure that you keep mirrors, crystals, glass ornaments and other reflective items out of direct sunlight at all times.” In 2022, Merseyside Fire Service issued a similar ...

It sits beside the Lao Pueng Thao Kong shrine "The double-skin facade is designed to protect the building from the harsh sunlight, reduce the reflection on the glass facade, and encourage the wind ...

As the world continues to experience a worsening climate crisis with record-breaking temperatures, scientists have developed a new, highly reflective glass ... high amounts of sunlight off of ...

The London Fire Brigade's top three sunlight safety tips include: Keep reflective items such as mirrors, crystals or glass objects away from sunny window sills and flammable materials.