Solar glass is an integral and important element of these solar panels. Our range of solar glass products is designed and optimised to suit the requirements of various solar technologies with properties such as high solar energy transmittance, strength and durability, as well as additional functionalities like transparent conductive oxide ...

Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group, is manufacturing two more of its solar control products in the UK to shorten lead times for customers, as demand for specialist glazing grows. The company has started producing Pilkington Suncool ™ 60/31 from its St Helens manufacturing base to serve UK demand for solar control glazing.

Photovoltaic (PV) glazing is playing a key part in this, and there has been rapid development in the technology recently. While energy-generating windows have been available for around five years, technical limitations have stopped them delivering on the promise of energy-generating windows, until recently.

Overview Pilkington Sunplus™ BIPV provides renewable power generating architectural glass solutions for building facades, windows, roof glazing, etc. with a high degree of transparency or full spandrel PV elements, combining efficiency and design. BIPV stands for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) and refers to a building component which has been enhanced to perform as a renewable ...

Pilkington Suncool™ One. Pilkington Suncool™ One 60/40 is an off-line coated mid-range solar control product that complements our high performance Pilkington Suncool™ Range. With a thermal insulation U-value of only 1.0 W/m 2 K, Pilkington Suncool™ One 60/40 helps to retain heat during the cooler months, so a comfortable indoor ...

Glass manages solar heat radiation by three mechanisms: reflectance, transmittance and absorptance. These are defined as follows: Reflectance – the proportion of solar radiation reflected back into the atmosphere; Direct transmittance – the proportion of solar radiation transmitted directly through the glass; Absorptance – the proportion of solar radiation absorbed by the glass.

The Pilkington Activ™ Range includes products which benefit from both self-cleaning and solar control properties helping to create an environment that can be used all year round. The product range. Pilkington Activ™ Clear: Self-cleaning glass. Pilkington Activ™ Bronze: Self-cleaning glass with solar control properties

For some architects, Part O is getting them hot and bothered. This is seeing them choose to restrict the amount of glazing they are specifying, to avoid having to use solar control glazing or calculate compliance using the more complex thermal analysis method. However, restriction isn’t the answer that homeowners want, and it can only go so far.

17 Oct 2021. An increase in demand for specialist glazing signals how the building design industry is responding to the climate crisis, according to new research from Pilkington United Kingdom Limited, part of the NSG Group.

Solar Energy. NSG TEC ™ Solar Applications. ... The householders are focused on saving energy and maintaining a comfortable internal environment. Overall though, in many cases the condensation does not last long and a little heat from the sun warms the outer glass enough to evaporate the moisture, a gentle breeze or wind will also do the same ...