Description
Pilkington ComforTone® glass can keep your home cooler. Toned glass is an ideal way to simply and cost-effectively minimise the extremes of an Australian summer. The colour (tone) of the glass acts like sunglasses, helping to 'shade' the inside of your home by reducing the amount of the sun's heat entering through the windows. On average, ComforTone® glass adds surprisingly little to the total cost of your windows (usually one of the smaller cost items in your new home). Your builder or window supplier can tell you the exact cost for your home. And of course you can save on blinds, awnings, and heavy curtains which you may no longer need.
Advantages
The Advantages of using Pilkington ComforTone® glass are very clear...
A COOLER, MORE COMFORTABLE HOME
Because it helps cut the heat entering your home from both the sun and hot summer air, ComforTone® glass keeps your home cooler - up to 8% cooler(1). So you’ll be more comfortable whenever it’s hot.
REDUCED UV RADIATION AND FADING
The right type of ComforTone® glass can cut out up to 99% of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and extend the life of your furnishings by up to eight and a half times(2).
CUTS YOUR COOLING COSTS
In warm or hot climates, ComforTone® glass can cut your air conditioning energy bill. This could save you up to $170 every year!(3).
LESS SUNGLARE
ComforTone® glass can significantly cut uncomfortable glare from the sun, so you can enjoy your view all day long.
IMPROVED PRIVACY
As it’s not as transparent as clear glass when viewed from outside, ComforTone® glass offers greater security against prying eyes.
LETS THE SUNSHINE IN
In addition, Pilkington ComforTone® glass, lets
in all the natural light you want. And the tone of the glass won’t dull or unacceptably
colour your view.
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Description
ComfortPlus™ is laminated glass. Have it fitted to your windows and you can dramatically and economically minimise the extremes of summer and winter while utilising daylight, nature's free energy source. Creating a better living environment It's a challenge most home owners face - how to maximise light while minimising summer heat, glare and winter's cold conditions. With good design and the right choice of glass you can win on all counts, ensuring a comfortable, energy efficient home throughout the year. Warm in winter, cool in summer Many Australian homes experience winters where loss of interior warmth and escalating heating bills are a major environmental challenge. The same applies to summers, when extreme heat makes air-conditioning an expensive but essential household appliance. So Pilkington has introduced the revolutionary new ComfortPlus.
ALL ABOUT COMFORTPLUS
ComfortPlus is a single sheet of glass that combines the comfort benefits you need for both winter and summer with substantial energy savings. Just like ComforTone®, new Pilkington ComfortPlus will keep your home cooler in summer while reducing sunglare and the subsequent ultraviolet fading of interior furnishings. But a technological breakthrough also makes ComfortPlus highly efficient thermal insulation in winter. It retains over one third more heat than standard glass, which significantly reducing heating costs. In summer it also reduces air-conditioning costs.
SEE THROUGH SEASONS
With ComfortPlus, your view is hardly affected. ComfortPlus is colour neutral, so you can maximise natural light.
SAFETY
In addition, ComfortPlus provides a level of security from break-ins combined with the Grade A safety rating of laminated glass.
Shhhhhh!!!
With its ability to reduce noise, ComfortPlus also
makes for a quieter home. This revolutionary glass can reduce voice noise by
up to 13% and traffic noise by 24% - ideal for those who live in high traffic
areas. Ensure a more comfortable and energy efficient home all year round with
Pilkington ComfortPlus.
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Description
Pilkington offers the latest evolution in solar control glass with EverGreen®: advanced glass technology that establishes new standards of quality, aesthetics and performance. Pilkington EverGreen® is set apart from other glass products by its low shading coefficient and high light transmission.
It offers superior solar control characteristics and responds to the demand for a high light-transmitting glass without the use of a surface coating. The soft green colouring of EverGreen® offers a crisp, clean view of the outside and a cool, comfortable environment for the occupants.
A 6mm thickness of EverGreen® glass:
Features
Excellent Solar Control Characteristics
The shading coefficient and solar heat gain level for EverGreen® are among the lowest of any 6mm non-coated tinted float glass.
High Daylight Transmittance
EverGreen® glass lets an impressive percentage of the sun's natural light into your building, reducing the need for artificial light.
Low Exterior Reflectance
EverGreen® glass provides minimal exterior daylight reflectance, making it the ideal glass where architectural designs or restrictions prohibit structures with high reflectance.
Solar Performance Ratio
The ratio of daylight transmittance to shading coefficient in EverGreen® glass is exceptionally high. This relates to its ability to let light in but keep solar heat out, which reduces energy costs for both air conditioning and lighting. When comparing solar glass performance, the higher the ratio the better.
Low UV Transmittance
EverGreen® glass has been formulated to significantly reduce the amount of UV light transmitted without any additional film (e.g. as used in laminated glass).
Ease of Fabrication
EverGreen® glass can be heat strengthened for thermal safety and toughened or laminated to the requirements of the Australian Standard
AS22O8 -
"Safety Glazing Materials in Building" to provide a Grade A'
Safety Glass for human impact requirements. Fabrication into Insulating Units
and application of high performance coating is also available. 108 Bourke St
, Melbourne VIC Cambridge Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Pilkington Arctic Blue™ glass is a unique blue tone that has been engineered to provide a comfortable interior without sacrificing natural light.
Pilkington Arctic Blue™ provides high daylight transmittance, good solar control and a cool comfortable colour with the benefit of low reflectivity.
Arctic Blue™ can be combined in insulating glass units with Low E glass to optimise performance.
The Arctic Blue™ thickness range is suitable for residential, commercial and large expansive windows.
Features
Description
ECLIPSE® solar control reflective glass combines neutral reflectance, daylight transmittance and distinctive aesthetics in blue-green, bronze, grey and gold colours to achieve medium performance solar control at low cost.
Developed using a patented on-line durable Pyrolytic coating process, Eclipse® offers variable surface glazing with the coating on either external or internal surfaces. Eclipse® may also be curved, toughened, laminated and incorporated into insulating glass units using standard float glass handling techniques.
Features
Solar control performance - reduces total solar energy transmittance entering a building by as much as 60% (single glazed).
Energy efficient - Eclipse® offers energy cost reductions over standard glass due to its solar control performance and high daylight transmittance.
Reduced UV transmittance - over 89% of the sun's UV radiation is blocked limiting colour fading and breakdown of materials.
Low thermal stress - Eclipse® absorbs less heat in second surface glazing than other reflective glasses allowing it to be used without heat treating in most vision applications.
Sealant compatible - with most sealants commonly used in glazing and manufacture of insulating glass units.
Design flexibility - the coating allows variable surface glazing. Coating uniformity and consistency.
Warranty - a specific limited product warranty applies to all Eclipse® products.
Description
SuperGrey™ is a high performance deep grey toned float glass, which provides superior solar control without reflectivity. It combines exceptional control over solar heat gain with enhanced control over bright daylight and interior glare. For the exterior, SuperGrey™provides dramatic, deep cool-grey aesthetics, while it offers natural, colour-neutral visibility from the interior.
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Description
Double Glazing Insulating Glass Units1 are designed to provide high levels of thermal insulation, solar control with the added benefit of noise reduction for commercial, industrial and residential applications.
They can be made from a combination of glass types to meet specific performance requirements.
The incorporation of a Low Emmissivity glass (Low E) enhances the thermal insulation benefits of Double Glazing.
With current trends toward enhanced comfort in summer and winter along with energy savings the incorporation of Double Glazing cannot be ignored.
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Above text was taken with permission from the Pilkington Web site on 20 Dec 2000. Chevron glass nor the author of this page is responsible for any mistakes that may be in the text. The original document is stored at www.pilkington.com.au
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