Volume 21, Issue 1 - January 2007
Volume 21, Issue 1 - January 2007
| New Products Solar Control Solarban Solarban 70XL solar control low-E glass from PPG Industries is now available as a standard inventory item exclusively through the company’s Certified Fabricator Program and Certified Commercial Window Fabricators Program. Designed to combine solar control and visible light transmittance with a transparent, color-neutral appearance, the product has the potential to generate unprecedented energy savings in commercial buildings where glazing is a major architectural element, according to company officials. When combined with clear glass in a standard one-inch insulating glass unit, Solarban 70XL has a solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) of 0.27 with a visible light transmittance (VLT) of 61 percent, which equates to a light to solar gain (LSG) ratio of 2.33. A study that compared the energy-saving potential of Solarban 70XL glass to several other high-performance solar control low-E glasses showed that specification of the glass could defray initial capital costs for cooling equipment by as much as 26 percent. Solarban 70XL can be combined, in an insulating glass unit, with tinted glass from the PPG Oceans of Color collection of spectrally selective tinted glasses. The company’s Starphire ultra-clear glass is now available as a standard inventory item in 15 and 19 mm thicknesses. The availability of the extra-heavy glass is the result of a $1 million investment the company has made in its manufacturing capability for the product. Company officials point out that manufacturing advances have made Starphire, which was formerly a premium niche product, cost competitive with other commonly specified architectural glasses. www.ppg.com Deco Glass Deco decorative glasses from Arch Aluminum & Glass Co. are available in a range of colors, textures, and designs from a subtle accent that supports an overall theme to a bold statement that becomes the visual focal point. In addition to the design qualities, the glasses also offer enhanced safety, security, solar and sound performance, the supplier points out. They are also LEED friendly. The product line ranges from surface applied vinyl, sandblasted, textured and acid etched glass to silkscreened and digitally created ceramic frit images and Vanceva, Sumiglass and SentryGlas Expressions laminated glasses. www.archaluminum.net Architects' Guide to Glass & Metal © Copyright 2007 Key Communications Inc. All rights reserved. No reproduction of any type without expressed written permission. |