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.

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™. the length of time that a construction can give fire resistance in relation to the passage of flames and smoke as defined in BS 476: Part 20.

All Pilkington Insulight™ units are dual sealed. Sloping glazing: an alternative name for inclined glazing. Soda lime silicate glass: ordinary window glass, including float glass, patterned glass and wired glass and any products made of these.

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.

EN 357 classification for integrity, fire resistant glass. Pilkington Eclipse™ is our brand name for a range of hard coated, solar control glasses. See Product Data Sheet Pilkington Eclipse™. the distance between the edge of the pane and the frame in which it is glazed.

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.

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 Cotswold™ has an obscuration level of 5. Critical locations: those areas of a building, e.g. doors, adjacent to doors, or low level glazing, where glazing is most vulnerable to accidental human impact and which may require the use of safety glass.

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

Pilkington Suncool™ 66/33 T glass was specified across the whole building. This solar control and low-emissivity glass reduces transmission of heat from the sun to just 33 per cent, while allowing 66 per cent of visible light through.