Low-e
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Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Sungate ThermL™ Glass
Sungate ThermL™ Glass
Sungate ThermL™ glass is a low-e coating engineered for use on the interior surface of a typical one-inch insulating glass unit (IGU) that dramatically improves U-values when paired with a Solarban® solar control low-e glass by Vitro on the second surface.
Sungate ThermL™ glass is neutral, colorless and provides low reflectivity, so it looks just like uncoated clear glass while offering enhanced durability and insulation. Sungate ThermL™ glass is engineered to allow for a high rate of visible light transmittance (VLT) and to retain the indoor heated air by slowing down heat transfer through the IGU to reduce winter heating costs.
Tom Harris
Sungate ThermL™ coatings are as durable and resistant to mechan... More
Project • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Universities
UCI Middle Earth Housing Expansion
Striking the ideal balance between maximized daylighting and controlled heat gain, Mithun architects selected Solarban® R67 (formerly Solarban® 67) Solexia® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) for the LEED® Platinum-certified Middle Earth Expansion for the University of California, Irvine’s (UCI) living-learning community.
The new 6-story, 215,000 sq. ft., mixed-use facility promotes a “see and be seen” vibe with 30% of its façade clad with glass. Enhancing the transparency, operable windows deliver natural ventilation to 80% of the spaces in the building.
Tom Kessler Photography
“We worked with our mechanical engineer to find the right product that allowed a ba... More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solarban® R100 Glass
Solarban® R100 Glass
A Neutral-Reflective Glass that Performs
Solarban® R100 glass is a neutral-reflective low‑e glass with an excellent solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC).
Balancing Reflectivity & NeutralitySolarban® R100 glass provides significant improvements in solar performance compared to competing products in the same architectural glass category. Because Solarban® R100 glass uniquely balances reflectivity and color-neutrality, it can function as a privacy glass as well as in harmony with spandrels and other building materials.Inside the building, Solarban® R100 glass transmits a pleasant, cool blue‑gray appearance that reduces glare without creating an obtrusive reflected color for building occupants. Outside, Solarban® R100 gl... More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solarban® 60 Glass
Solarban® 60 Glass
Achieve Year-Round Comfort with Energy Savings
With its ability to block 62 percent of solar energy while allowing 70 percent of visible light to pass through, Solarban® 60 glass can help you provide year-round comfort with heating and cooling cost savings.
Versatile ApplicationsIn addition to functioning with clear glass, Solarban® 60 glass also can be combined in insulating glass units (IGUs) with an outboard lite of tinted or reflective-tinted glass to increase aesthetic and performance options.
Solarban® 60 Starphire® GlassSolarban® 60 Starphire® glass can help you achieve your design vision of a glass building with the ultimate in transparency and visual clarity combined with energy efficiency. Solarban®... More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solexia® Glass
Solexia® Glass
Superior Spectrally Selective Performance
Offering high light transmittance, Solexia® glass is a soothing, light green tinted glass that is part of the nautically inspired collection by Vitro Glass. Trusted by architects since 1952, Solexia® glass remains an industry standard for spectrally selective performance. More
Product • By Vitro Architectural Glass • Solarban® 60 Optiblue® Glass
Solarban® 60 Optiblue® Glass
A Neutral Steel-Blue GrayWith its soothing, neutral, steel blue-gray appearance, Solarban® 60 Optiblue® (formerly Solarban®) glass brings a distinctly different aesthetic to the Solarban® family, along with minimal exterior reflectance, superb solar control and high levels of visible light transmittance (VLT). Solarban® 60 Optiblue® glass consists of Solarban® 60 solar control, low-e coating on Optiblue® tinted glass with clear glass as the inboard lite.
Developed to meet architects’ demands for a neutral glass, Solarban® 60 on Optiblue® glass controls glare while providing the daylighting and solar control needed to support sustainable design. Solarban® 60 Optiblue® glass is id... More