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Ipswich Bay Glass Unveils Industry-Leading Thermal Performance Curtainwall
January 5, 2026
Ipswich Bay Glass, one of the largest commercial façade companies in the Northeast, is proud to announce the launch of ThermTek™ high-performance curtainwall systems. ThermTek was engineered in response to the significant challenges the façade industry is facing with the increasingly stringent building energy codes. Their patent-pending solutions deliver industry-leading thermal performance, with verified U-Values as low as 0.23 (double glazed) and 0.14 (triple glazed), positioning it among the top-tier systems available in the market.
ThermTek is versatile, thermally advanced, suitable for a wide range of façade applications including stick-built curtainwalls, preglazed openings, strip window systems, fully unitized curtainwalls and panelized stud wall assemblies, and allows for seamless transitions between systems while maintaining continuous air and water lines. It also allows for the integration of sunshades, operable windows, bris-soleil, entrances, louvers, and all manner of projected elements.
With ThermTek, higher thermal performance means more glass and more daylighting for today’s buildings.
“We realized that glazing systems in the marketplace couldn’t meet the ever-increasing thermal requirements of building codes, forcing architects to sacrifice design to meet thermal performance targets and utilize products with serious design limitations. ThermTek was specifically developed to meet these challenges and give architects the benefits of a true curtainwall and incorporate high spans, large glass, sunshades, and all matter of aesthetic components,” said Ipswich Bay Glass Managing Partner, Charles Moniz. “ThermTek gives creative freedom back to the design community!”
“At IBG, everything we do is rooted in an unwavering commitment to thorough testing and quality control. To develop ThermTek, we followed established ASTM, AAMA, and NFRC standards as well as conducted extensive material lifecycle and compatibility testing to ensure strong, reliable performance. We’re proud to say that ThermTek’s full-size mockups (20′ x 20′), NFRC-prescribed mockups, and multiple material components were all thoroughly evaluated and confirmed to perform at the highest level available in today’s market,” said Ipswich Bay Glass Managing Partner, Michael Sloane. “We’re excited see how ThermTek will help transform the future of building design.”
For more information about ThermTek, visit ThermTek.com.
About Ipswich Bay Glass
Ipswich Bay Glass, founded in 1969, is one of the largest commercial façade companies in the Northeast. Their expansive corporate and manufacturing headquarters in Rowley, Massachusetts is home to their design, engineering, project management, estimating, fabrication, material handling and installation teams. The facility covers several hundred thousand square feet and includes an aluminum glazing systems machining and assembly plant, a rainscreen panel fabrication plant and a full ornamental sheet metal and stainless steel shop. Products include unitized curtainwalls, stick-built curtainwalls, custom and structural glass curtainwalls, composite panels, rainscreen facades, louvers and mechanical screens, skylights, entrances and decorative metals. For additional information, call (978) 948-6644.
Ipswich Bay Glass to Offer Services to Other Building Envelope Contractors
October 18, 2024
Ipswich Bay Glass is one of the largest and most respected façade contractors in the northeast. Founded in 1969, they have positioned themselves as one of the premier providers of building envelope systems and are proud to offer their services to other façade and building envelope contractors.
Download IBG’s Partnerships brochure to learn more.
Dylan Amore, Safety Supervisor at Ipswich Bay Glass, Featured in NEREJ
September 6, 2024
Dylan Amore, Safety Supervisor and Certified Safety Professional at Ipswich Bay Glass, shares his five best practices for improving safety culture in the workplace in the New England Real Estate Journal. If you work in commercial development, it’s a must read!
Click here to read the complete article.
Ipswich Bay Glass Holds Essential High-Rise Glass Training Exercise For Cambridge and Somerville Fire Departments
December 1, 2022
Ipswich Bay Glass, one of the largest commercial façade companies in the Northeast, recently held a high-rise glass training exercise with the Cambridge and Somerville Fire Departments. The need for training arose due to the evolving city scape in both municipalities. As high-rises continue to be built at a scale that has not been seen before, there were concerns on the part of the Fire Departments to understand how to best interact with high-rise glass. Representatives from Ipswich Bay Glass and Captain Patrick Halloran from the Somerville Fire Department coordinated the training session that took place at Northpoint in Cambridge, MA.
“As more of these buildings go up with even bigger profiles, we need to understand how to interact with the glass without injuring ourselves, the people we’re looking to rescue or the pedestrians on the street below,” said Somerville Fire Department Captain Patrick Halloran.
Mockups of structures commonly seen in both cities were provided by IBG at the site. IBG’s Charles Moniz, Director of Sales and Estimating, Mike Ahern, Field Superintendent and Dylan Amore, Safety Supervisor, led the training. The group reviewed the different types of glass façades and best practices for interacting with each one. The firefighters then tested a variety of tools to identify the best ones to safely break, cut and remove the glass panels.
“The opportunity to help train firefighters made perfect sense since safety is our biggest priority at IBG. Working in conjunction with the Fire Departments to develop best practices is essential to high-rise glass safety for citizens and first responders,” said Moniz.
For videos from the training exercise, please visit the IBG YouTube page here.
About Ipswich Bay Glass
Ipswich Bay Glass, founded in 1969, is one of the largest commercial façade companies in the Northeast. Their expansive corporate and manufacturing headquarters in Rowley, Massachusetts is home to their design, engineering, project management, estimating, fabrication, material handling and installation teams. The facility covers several hundred thousand square feet and includes an aluminum glazing systems machining and assembly plant, a rainscreen panel fabrication plant and a full ornamental sheet metal and stainless steel shop. Products include unitized curtainwalls, stick-built curtainwalls, custom and structural glass curtainwalls, composite panels, rainscreen façade, louvers and mechanical screens, skylights, entrances and decorative metals. For additional information, call (978) 948-6644.
IBG Project Wins Best New Small Workplace Award
September 21, 2021
Pipefitters Local 537 wins the Best New Small Workplace Award from CoreNet Global New England Chapter! Congratulations to everyone on the project team!
Learn more: https://www.high-profile.com/pipefitters-local-537-headquarters-design-honored/
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Ipswich Bay Glass Unveils Industry-Leading Thermal Performance Curtainwall
January 5, 2026Ipswich Bay Glass, one of the largest commercial façade companies in the Northeast, is proud to announce the launch of ThermTek™ high-performance curtainwall systems. ThermTek was engineered in response to the significant challenges the façade industry is facing with the increasingly stringent building energy codes. Their patent-pending solutions deliver industry-leading thermal performance, with verified U-Values as low as 0.23 (double glazed) and 0.14 (triple glazed), positioning it among the top-tier systems available in the market.
ThermTek is versatile, thermally advanced, suitable for a wide range of façade applications including stick-built curtainwalls, preglazed openings, strip window systems, fully unitized curtainwalls and panelized stud wall assemblies, and allows for seamless transitions between systems while maintaining continuous air and water lines. It also allows for the integration of sunshades, operable windows, bris-soleil, entrances, louvers, and all manner of projected elements.
With ThermTek, higher thermal performance means more glass and more daylighting for today’s buildings.
“We realized that glazing systems in the marketplace couldn’t meet the ever-increasing thermal requirements of building codes, forcing architects to sacrifice design to meet thermal performance targets and utilize products with serious design limitations. ThermTek was specifically developed to meet these challenges and give architects the benefits of a true curtainwall and incorporate high spans, large glass, sunshades, and all matter of aesthetic components,” said Ipswich Bay Glass Managing Partner, Charles Moniz. “ThermTek gives creative freedom back to the design community!”
“At IBG, everything we do is rooted in an unwavering commitment to thorough testing and quality control. To develop ThermTek, we followed established ASTM, AAMA, and NFRC standards as well as conducted extensive material lifecycle and compatibility testing to ensure strong, reliable performance. We’re proud to say that ThermTek’s full-size mockups (20′ x 20′), NFRC-prescribed mockups, and multiple material components were all thoroughly evaluated and confirmed to perform at the highest level available in today’s market,” said Ipswich Bay Glass Managing Partner, Michael Sloane. “We’re excited see how ThermTek will help transform the future of building design.”
For more information about ThermTek, visit ThermTek.com.
About Ipswich Bay Glass
Ipswich Bay Glass, founded in 1969, is one of the largest commercial façade companies in the Northeast. Their expansive corporate and manufacturing headquarters in Rowley, Massachusetts is home to their design, engineering, project management, estimating, fabrication, material handling and installation teams. The facility covers several hundred thousand square feet and includes an aluminum glazing systems machining and assembly plant, a rainscreen panel fabrication plant and a full ornamental sheet metal and stainless steel shop. Products include unitized curtainwalls, stick-built curtainwalls, custom and structural glass curtainwalls, composite panels, rainscreen facades, louvers and mechanical screens, skylights, entrances and decorative metals. For additional information, call (978) 948-6644.
Ipswich Bay Glass to Offer Services to Other Building Envelope Contractors
October 18, 2024Ipswich Bay Glass is one of the largest and most respected façade contractors in the northeast. Founded in 1969, they have positioned themselves as one of the premier providers of building envelope systems and are proud to offer their services to other façade and building envelope contractors.
Download IBG’s Partnerships brochure to learn more.
Dylan Amore, Safety Supervisor at Ipswich Bay Glass, Featured in NEREJ
September 6, 2024Dylan Amore, Safety Supervisor and Certified Safety Professional at Ipswich Bay Glass, shares his five best practices for improving safety culture in the workplace in the New England Real Estate Journal. If you work in commercial development, it’s a must read!
Click here to read the complete article.
Ipswich Bay Glass Holds Essential High-Rise Glass Training Exercise For Cambridge and Somerville Fire Departments
December 1, 2022Ipswich Bay Glass, one of the largest commercial façade companies in the Northeast, recently held a high-rise glass training exercise with the Cambridge and Somerville Fire Departments. The need for training arose due to the evolving city scape in both municipalities. As high-rises continue to be built at a scale that has not been seen before, there were concerns on the part of the Fire Departments to understand how to best interact with high-rise glass. Representatives from Ipswich Bay Glass and Captain Patrick Halloran from the Somerville Fire Department coordinated the training session that took place at Northpoint in Cambridge, MA.
“As more of these buildings go up with even bigger profiles, we need to understand how to interact with the glass without injuring ourselves, the people we’re looking to rescue or the pedestrians on the street below,” said Somerville Fire Department Captain Patrick Halloran.
Mockups of structures commonly seen in both cities were provided by IBG at the site. IBG’s Charles Moniz, Director of Sales and Estimating, Mike Ahern, Field Superintendent and Dylan Amore, Safety Supervisor, led the training. The group reviewed the different types of glass façades and best practices for interacting with each one. The firefighters then tested a variety of tools to identify the best ones to safely break, cut and remove the glass panels.
“The opportunity to help train firefighters made perfect sense since safety is our biggest priority at IBG. Working in conjunction with the Fire Departments to develop best practices is essential to high-rise glass safety for citizens and first responders,” said Moniz.
For videos from the training exercise, please visit the IBG YouTube page here.
About Ipswich Bay Glass
Ipswich Bay Glass, founded in 1969, is one of the largest commercial façade companies in the Northeast. Their expansive corporate and manufacturing headquarters in Rowley, Massachusetts is home to their design, engineering, project management, estimating, fabrication, material handling and installation teams. The facility covers several hundred thousand square feet and includes an aluminum glazing systems machining and assembly plant, a rainscreen panel fabrication plant and a full ornamental sheet metal and stainless steel shop. Products include unitized curtainwalls, stick-built curtainwalls, custom and structural glass curtainwalls, composite panels, rainscreen façade, louvers and mechanical screens, skylights, entrances and decorative metals. For additional information, call (978) 948-6644.
IBG Project Wins Best New Small Workplace Award
September 21, 2021Pipefitters Local 537 wins the Best New Small Workplace Award from CoreNet Global New England Chapter! Congratulations to everyone on the project team!
Learn more: https://www.high-profile.com/pipefitters-local-537-headquarters-design-honored/
