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Vitro Architectural Glass has launched Sungate ThermL glass, a new low-emissivity (low-e) coating engineered for use on the interior surface of a typical one-inch insulating glass unit that reduces heat transfer and dramatically improves U-values when paired with a Solarban solar control low-e glass by Vitro on the second surface.
Today, 3300 square metres of eyrise s350 solar control glass are making an important contribution to sustainable building certification as part of a building renovation in Zurich. Here you can find out why eyerise glass was chosen.
The construction of the "Redmolen" building in Copenhagen harbour was preceded by a variety of daylight analyses. The result: a 12,000 m² unitised façade whose inclination filters the daylight as required in order to achieve optimum daylight utilisation. The facade glasses used were Cool-Lite SKN 176 and Eclaz from Saint-Gobain.
A successful example of the integration of contemporary architecture in the City of London is 52 Lime Street, also known as "The Scalpel". The 190-metre office tower designed by the architects of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) is an impressive building. The facade glass came from AGC Interpane.
Weil am Rhein has a new shopping mall for visitors from Germany, France and Switzerland. The Dreiländergalerie was designed by Chapman Taylor. The Climaplus Cool-Lite Xtreme facade glass from Saint-Gobain Glass was supplied by vandaglas from the ClimaPlusSecurit partner network, and Lamparter Stahl und Glas from Kassel acted as the installer.
On the site of a former officers' home in the north of Sylt, ingenhoven associates realised the Lanserhof Sylt - a modern medical health resort. The result is buildings with impressive thatched roofs, which with their natural materials blend harmoniously into the gentle dune landscape. Sun protection is provided by Infrastop insulating glass units from Flachglas Wernberg.
With its high-quality solar control coating, the new Fineo Solar Control vacuum glass ensures that even rooms behind larger or south-facing windows and façades can maintain a pleasant indoor climate all year round.
Climate change is leading to more frequent hot spells today, while at the same time demands for daylight transmission are increasing. In response, AGC Glass Europe has expanded its solar control glass range to include three new "Stopray" coatings that are highly selective, colour neutral and low reflective.
Near Innsbruck's main railway station, a total of 173 residential units were built as part of the Pema 2. The facade architecture of the 50-metre-high building is unique. Depending on how the light falls in, it quotes the surrounding mountain formations.
Saint-Gobain recently launched a range of new glasses, which were presented at glasstec 2022 in Düsseldorf in September. They included an extra-light insulating glass with good sun shading and an extra-white glass for the bathroom. Here are the details:
At glasstec 2022, glass manufacturer Guardian presented the new Guardian Sun family, whose glasses are designed to provide greater comfort in residential buildings in all seasons. The new glasses can be individually adapted to the requirements of the respective region or climate zone.
The facade of the new building of the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy Systems Technology IEE at the main railway station in Kassel was equipped with triple insulating glass, including Gewe-therm solar solar control glass from Schollglas. Here you can find out what role this plays in the energy concept of the building.
The Augustinerhof in Nuremberg's old town has recently been transformed into a new building complex that houses, among other things, a branch of the German Museum and a hotel. Striking windows with sun shading glass from arcon adorn the facade.
Guardian Glass Europe has added SunGuard SNX 70 to its SunGuard eXtraSelective range of solar control glass. With its triple silver coating, it combines excellent solar control with light transmission of around 70% and high thermal insulation. Here are the details.
After complete renovation, Amsterdam's De Walvis office building now has a new glass facade made of highly selective glass. Here you can find out about the role played by the glass portholes, which were specially developed for the project by Schollglas.
Danish solar shading manufacturer, MicroShade A/S, is now launching a groundbreaking solar shading solution. Find out how this invention is redefining the function of solar shading in buildings.
The new FC Group headquarters is the world's first office building to be equipped with eyrise s350 solar control glass from Merck, which can be switched at the touch of a button. See here for more details:
The Nivy Tower in Bratislava is outstanding: the tower is the tallest building in the city. It is also the first building in Slovakia to be awarded the BREEAM sustainability certificate and to meet the WELL Building Standard. Here you can find out why specially coated glass from Saint-Gobain was used in its glass facade.
With a selectivity of 2.0, the new Stopray Vision-70 and Stopray Vision-70T temperable solar control glass products outperform all conventional double silver products, according to AGC Interpane. Find out more about the details and technical values here.
With Infrastop Q 60/25, the Flachglas MarkenKreis has a high-performance solar control glass for facade applications in its range. The very selective solar control glass meets the current market demand for extremely low reflection and also impresses with its other technical values.
AGC Interpane has unveiled a new generation of combinable, highly selective glazing: Stopray Ultra-60 on Clearvision and Stopray Ultra-60T on Clearvision, both of which are solar control coatings on low-iron glass.
