Solar Cool Gray Glass

The coating reduces energy consumption by reflecting solar heat gain and for improved performance it may be paired with insulated glass units and low e glass.

Solar cool gray glass. Measured against windows assembled with ordinary clear glass solarban 60 glass lessens solar heat gain by more than half. In a one inch insulating glass unit igu solargray glass provides visual light transmittance vlt of 40 percent. The glass has improved performance and higher exterior visible reflectivity with a metallic sheen when installed with the coating on the first surface. More importantly solarban 60 glass helps homeowners shield their homes and their utility bills from summer heat and winter cold.

In extremely hot regions solar cool glass can help keep your area cooler. Tinted glass substrate color. Solargray glass has been a popular choice for commercial structures because of its cool medium gray appearance and ability to control solar heat gain and glare. It does this with a special light and heat reflective bronze tint coating which is fused permanently to the outside surface of the glass.

Crystalgray tinted float glass offers a more muted glass color than common gray and blue float glass. The glass has improved performance higher exterior visible reflectivity and a slight bronze hue when installed with the. Combined in a one inch insulating glass unit igu with clear glass solarcool glasses offer an expansive palette of appearance and performance options with solar heat gain coefficients. Five color combinations reduce reflectivity and glare and lower the solar heat gain coefficient by 20 percent compared with coated clear glass.

Clear glass transmits as much as 90 of the solar energy in all the regions and is ineffective at controlling glare or solar heat gain. When the second surface faces outward solarcool adds reflectivity and deepens the hue of the tinted glass substrate. Vitro architectural glass formerly ppg glass north america s largest glass producer is exclusively dedicated to glass innovation. When the seasons turn cold the high insulating value of solarban 60 helps reduce furnace heat loss through windows by up to 50.

Large windows with thick glass will be dark while small windows with thin glass will have little tint and. Solargray glass may also be combined with sungate 400 glass in a one inch igu for improved solar heat. Solarcool 2 gray glass is the solution when a true gray color is desired in a low reflectivity glass. Surface of a bronze gray graylit e iior solarblue glass substrate.

Solarcoo l solarbronz e glass solarcool solarbronze glass can be glazed with the reflective coating on the first 1 or second 2 surface. Bronze and gray tinted glass absorb as much as 50 of all sunlight but this varies with thickness.