A new Newcastle University building, inspired by the shape of a crown, uses Pilkington United Kingdom Limited glass to create a striking monolithic structure in the heart of the city’s sustainable Helix development.

Insulight ™: Pilkington Insulight™ is the brand name for high quality, high performance, dual sealed, insulating glass units, which are only produced by Pilkington. See Product Data Sheet Pilkington Insulight™.

Pilkington energiKare™ differs from basic double glazing as it works in two ways. It reduces the amount of heat lost through your windows, but also allows more heat (energy) from the sun in through the glass.

Suncool™: Pilkington Suncool™ (see Product Data Sheets) is the global product name for a range of off-line coated, solar control glass. The range is divided into three subtypes Classic, Low Reflectance and High Performance.

By replacing single glazed window glass with thermally insulated windows containing Pilkington energiKare ™ double glazing units, the amount of energy lost can be reduced by up to 75% and heating bills lowered by up to 20% each year.

Pilkington Optiphon™ is a high quality acoustic laminated glass that offers excellent noise reduction without compromising on light transmittance or impact performance.

Pilkington Datastop™ is the brand name for a range of laminated glass and insulating glass units that have been specifically designed to give increased electromagnetic shielding for computers and offices.

Building Regulations across Europe are being tightened to make the use of Low E glass mandatory. Further information is available in the Product Data Sheets on Pilkington K Glass™ and Pilkington Optitherm™ and the Technical Bulletin Glass and Energy Management – Thermal Insulation.

Pilkington K Glass™ is the UK’s leading thermal glass brand. Established for over 30 years and easily stocked, processed and installed, it has become the trusted solution for meeting Building Regulations concerning energy efficiency.

Pilkington energiKare™ is the name given to our range of double and triple glazing used to improve the thermal efficiency of homes. It reduces the amount of heat lost through your windows and can also allow more heat energy from the sun in through the glass.