Skip to main content Skip to main navigation Skip to site search
  • Home
  • All articles of topic switchable glass

All articles of topic switchable glass

Smart glass

SageGlass RealTone: As clear as electrochromic glass can get

-

SageGlass launches RealTone, the most neutral electrochromic glass solution available. Developed recently, RealTone eliminates the "blue hue" commonly associated with electrochromic glass, delivering a neutral aesthetic while still performing as expected. Here are the details.

BAU 2025

Flachglas MarkenKreis presents new switchable glass

-

With Infraselect Dynamic, the Germany-based Flachglas MarkenKreis completes its product range of adaptive glass. This will be presented to a wide audience at BAU 2025. What is behind the new product range and a new partnership?

LCD facade at glasstec

The smart way to do glare protection for facades

-

A collaboration between VideowindoW.io, LamiPress and Arnold Glas presented a 45m2 dynamic glass facade at glasstec that provides glare protection while utilising visual effects and interactive content. Millions of controllable pixels can be used to create natural movements and patterns to increase glare protection and comfort in the interior. Here are the details.

 Climate change adaptations through infrastructural greening.
Adapting to climate change

Building and urban planning in a changing climate

-

Natural daylight supports our circadian rhythm, keeps us alert and productive. This is why humans prefer living and working spaces that are flooded with natural light. However, in a changing climate, buildings need also more air-conditioning due to longer and more intense periods of heat.

masson, GGW and Chromogenics become partners

Pioneering cooperation brings switchable glass to the world of conservatories

-

Manufacturer masson is now introducing switchable ConverLight glass for its residential conservatories. This has now been sealed by the partnership with GGW and ChromoGenics. The first conservatory to be realised with switchable glass is now located in an exclusive villa suburb of Hamburg. The glass was manufactured by the Hero Group.

eyrise Smart Glass

Facade modernisation with 3300 square metres of switchable glass

-

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 Alto office building is part of the Esplanade de Pont-Rouge project, a new business district in Geneva. The facade is equipped with switchable solar control glass.
Saint-Gobain

Dynamic solar control and fire protection for the Alto Pont-Rouge in Geneva

-

Saint-Gobain's glass specialists developed a unique combination of SageGlass switchable solar control glass and Contraflam fire-resistant glass from Vetrotech for the facade glass of the Alto Pont-Rouge commercial and office building in Geneva.

A total of 335 eyrise s350 modules are currently being installed for the facade of 'The Precedent'.
Switchable solar control glass

'The Precedent' building showcases the use of smart glass for refurbishment

-

For the renovation project 'The Precedent' in Brussels, eyrise supplied 1160 square metres of eyrise s350 solar control glass. During the planning by Yugening architecture, the aim was for the office and commercial building to meet the criteria of the WELL Building Standard at Gold level when completed. The switchable eyrise glass makes an important contribution to this. Here are the details.

Effective sun protection in the office. These switchable Halio glasses can be switched from transparent to dark at the touch of a button.
Smart glass

Halio and Glassbel become partners

-

Lithuanian glass processor Glassbel Baltic is integrating the (switchable) Halio interlayer into its product portfolio with immediate effect. From now on, customers of Glassbel and Halio will be able to purchase the switchable Halio insulating glass (Halio Smart Glass) from Glassbel's production in Lithuania.

The window front of the Panorama Dining Room was glazed with SageGlass Harmony, which allows seamless transitions from completely clear to completely tinted when switched.
Switchable glass

View of the Alps: SageGlass for the Panorama Dining Room

-

At an altitude of 1040 m, guests at the Hostellerie am Schwarzsee hotel have a wonderful view over the lake and of the Swiss Pre-Alps. In order to preserve the prospect in the newly renovated Panorama Dining Room even when the sun is shining, switchable Harmony glass from SageGlass was installed in the facade.

The eyrise s350 glass can be switched from transparent to opaque in a matter of seconds.
Smart glass:

Glas Trösch presents switchable insulating glass

-

Switchable solar control glass keeps the heat out, offers reliable glare protection and saves a lot of energy. With  eyrise s350 Glas Trösch presents a switchable insulating glass in its portfolio.

Built in 1980, the property is currently being transformed into a modern office building in line with the concept of circular economy. For the facade, eyrise B.V. is supplying 3,000 square metres of dynamically switchable liquid crystal glass.
eyrise:

Dynamic liquid crystal glass for building refurbishment in Switzerland

-

As part of a comprehensive building refurbishment of an office property in Zurich, eyrise B.V. was commissioned to supply over 3,000 square metres of dynamic liquid crystal glass.

SageGlass:

Switchable glass for a school built to Passivhaus standard

-

The Ruselokka Skole in Oslo was built to meet the highest standards of energy-efficiency. As part of this ambition, the project features smart dynamic switchable glass from SageGlass.

Top stories of the week

-

Switchable glass for sciences building, battery maintenance for lifters, a glass wall for offices and solar facades for energy generation. Here are our top stories of the week:

The new Research and Development District (RaDD), San Diego, California
SageGlass:

14,000 square metres of switchable glass for research district in San Diego

-

Two industry innovators have teamed up for a ground-breaking real estate project in San Diego in the US. The largest urban commercial district on the California coast will feature 14,000 square metres of SageGlass. Here are the details.

Top stories of the week

-

A renovated float line in Russia, an introduction to switchable glass, collaborative robots that help to cut delivery times and the ins and outs of burglary-resistant windows. Here are the top stories of the week:

SageGlass:

State-of-the-art smart glass for Nestlé’s headquarters in Switzerland

-

When the time came for the newer of Nestlé’s headquarter buildings to be given a state-of-the-art energy upgrade, fitting it with smart glass from SageGlass was the obvious choice:

In the small-scale structure of the organically shaped facade, any additional external sun protection would have severely disturbed the unusual design.
Sageglass:

Switchable glass for Jean Peyraud Primary School

-

The Jean Peyraud Primary School and the Collège Fernand Lagrange are located in the centre of Pierre-Buffière in France. The municipality had decided to have the school building rebuilt. Here you can find out why switchable Sageglass was used there.

Once complete, Google will be the prime tenant of the 148,600 square metre Rio Business Park in Bangalore.
SageGlass:

Smart glass for massive office development in India

-

What will employees demand from post-pandemic workplaces? Here is a glimpse into how electrochromic smart glass is shaping the office of the future.

The smart glass in the building completely eliminates the need for additional sun protection measures. This allows an unobstructed view of the surroundings at all times.
Glass Basics:

Smart glass for facades and how to use it

-

Based on the latest polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) technology, switchable smart glass (also known as smart glass or switchable glass) is glass that can be switched from frosted to clear at the press of a button. See here for the basics on this technology:

Glass partition walls are often used in offices.
Interior glass:

6 ideas for great uses of glass in indoor spaces

-

Thanks to state-of-the-art finishing technologies, the possible uses of individual glass products are almost limitless today. The German Federal Flat Glass Association (BF) has put together six popular solutions for interior spaces.

The project involved installing 27 tons of liquid crystal glass of varying shapes and sizes into the restored and raised Victorian rooflights.
Eyrise:

BAFTA headquarters in London get dynamic solar shading rooflights

-

Solar shading rooflights made from eyrise liquid crystal glass have been installed at the London headquarters of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts. See here for pictures from the building site and more details:

A visualisation of a demonstrator building conceived by the University of Stuttgart.

Adaptive facades: Insights into the building envelope of the future

-

Active, self-regulating, power-generating - and most of all adapting to their environments: This is how facades of the future should be. And smart glass plays an important role here, as we will explain here.

Visually impressive, unobstructed views of the surroundings, high thermal protection and high energy efficiency: These are just some of the features of the eyrise solar control glass.
FC-Campus:

First office building to utilise switchable liquid crystal solar control glass

-

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:

Here is the first Lidl store to have been fitted with switchable glass from SageGlass.
SageGlass:

More than 90 Lidl stores fitted with switchable glass

-

The smart glass specialist SageGlass is expanding its market presence. The switchable SageGlass has now been installed in over 90 newly built stores in Germany. Here you can find out how the active solar control glass is profitable and why both staff and customers rate it highly.