Pilkington Activ SunShade™ combines dual action, self-cleaning properties with medium solar control performance and an aesthetically pleasing appearance to reduce the amount of direct sunlight that penetrates into a building.

Pilkington Suncool™ comprises a range of high performance off-line coated solar control and low-emissivity glass products. Products from the Pilkington Suncool™ range are also available on our low-iron Pilkington Optiwhite ™ substrate offering enhanced clarity and aesthetics.

Long described as an impossible dream, self-cleaning glass is now a reality, for use in your home. After years of research and development leading glass manufacturer Pilkington has introduced the Pilkington Activ ™ range of products.

Pilkington Activ™ Blue and Pilkington Activ™ Bronze combine both self-cleaning glass and medium solar control properties, in an attractive blue or bronze body-tinted glass.

Installing self-cleaning glass combined with solar-control glass in the form of Pilkington Activ™ Blue or Neutral, can reduce the need for air conditioning and heating costs can be reduced by using a low-e glass such as Pilkington K Glass™ as the inner pane of the insulating glass unit.

By replacing your old plastic or glass roof with new IGU's consisting of a Pilkington Range glass with solar control properties such as Pilkington Blue, you can keep your conservatory cooler in the warmer seasons, maintaining your conservatory as a comfortable room all year round.

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Pilkington Activ SunShade™ Blue combines solar control performance with self-cleaning. When used in an insulating glass unit with an inner pane of Pilkington Optitherm™ S1 Plus, the unit can cut out 80% of the sun's heat.

Pilkington Activ SunShade™ Blue: Self-cleaning glass with high solar control properties. Pilkington Activ Suncool™ A range of high performance solar control and self-cleaning products for Commercial applications.

It is possible to distinguish between the Pilkington ActivTM Blue and Pilkington SunShadeTM coatings visually as the Pilkington SunShadeTM coating has a distinctly greyish appearance relative to the Pilkington ActivTM Blue coating.