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Pilkington Activ SunShade™
Pilkington Activ SunShade™ is a self-cleaning and medium performance solar control dual coated glass:
surface #1 on-line self-cleaning coating with photocatalytic and hydrophilic properties,
surface #2 off-line solar control coating, with medium light transmittance and high light reflectance.
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. Available in both Blue and Neutral colours it creates a cool and comfortable environment all year round.
Features & Benefits
- Self-cleaning properties reduce the need for manual cleaning, saving water and eliminating potentially harmful run-off from expensive detergents, also increasing personal safety.
- Additional medium solar control performance properties combined with good light transmission, reducing solar heat entering the building, enhancing comfort and reducing the need for cooling the building.
- Attractive aesthetics and optimum performance.
- Reduces cleaning and maintenance costs and gives windows a better appearance for longer.
- Pilkington Activ™ coating lasts the lifetime of the glass and works even on cloudy days and during the night.
- Easily cleaned during dry spells by hosing down.
- Ideal for use in the walls and roof of conservatories.
- Durable, single stock, toughenable on- and off-line coated glass, easy to handle and process; can be cut, laminated, toughened, heat-strengthened, bent and made into IGUs using standard processing techniques ensuring speedy delivery.
- Colour match whether toughened or annealed.
- Has to be incorporated into insulating glass units (self-cleaning coating on surface #1/solar control coating on surface #2).
- Can be combined in an insulating glass unit with a low-emissivity glass such as Pilkington K Glass™, Pilkington Energy Advantage™ or Pilkington Optitherm™ for additional thermal insulation properties.
- Available in a range of different sizes and thicknesses (4 and 6 mm).
- Achieves ASTM C 1376 standard specification.
Applications
Specially designed for conservatories and large glazed areas, Pilkington Activ SunShade™ is perfect for use in both the roof and verticals. It uses daylight and rainwater to break down and wash away organic dirt from exterior surfaces, making it ideal for hard-to-clean areas. Typically the Blue is used in the roof and the Neutral in the verticals of a conservatory giving you a year-round clearer view of your garden. Its unique solar control coating also helps keep internal temperatures cool whilst still maintaining excellent light transmittance.
For optimum self-cleaning and thermal performance, Pilkington Activ SunShade™ can be combined with Pilkington K Glass™, Pilkington Energy Advantage™ or Pilkington Optitherm™ in an insulating glass unit.
Pilkington Activ SunShade™ Downloads
Pilkington Spectrum is a Windows-based glass performance model which enables you to quickly and efficiently calculate key properties of a wide range of single glazing and insulating glass units. Also available as an app for mobile devices, you can use Pilkington Spectrum to provide the following information:
- Light and solar properties (transmittance, reflectance, absorptance, g value, etc.).
- Centre pane Ug-value.
- Sound insulation values.
- Global Warming Potential (GWP), or carbon footprint.
- Ultra violet (uv) transmittance and colour rendering index (Ra).
- Other properties (e.g. pendulum body impact resistance, fire resistance, resistance to manual attack, etc.).