The Pilkington Activ™ range of products combines both self-cleaning and solar control properties, helping to keep the glass cleaner and clearer. The ideal glass solution for conservatories and orangeries.

Pilkington Activ™ is the world's first pyrolytic self-cleaning glass. This revolutionary kind of glass actually uses the power of the sun to clean itself. The Pilkington Activ™ coating is applied to the surface of the glass via an on-line chemical vapour deposition process.

The unique dual-action of the Pilkington Activ™ coating uses the forces of nature to help keep the glass free from dirt, giving not only the practical benefit of less cleaning, but also clearer, better-looking windows. How it works The unique dual-action self-cleaning coating is located on the external glass pane.

Pilkington Insulight Activ™ is the brand name for insulating glass units with Pilkington Activ™ self-cleaning coating on the external surface of the unit. In addition to the high quality benefits that one would expect from Pilkington Insulating Glass Units, they also provides the customer with the most revolutionary and innovative self ...

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.

This standard highlights glass that uses hydrophilic or photocatalytic functions to self-clean. Pilkington Activ™, the world’s first self-cleaning glass, has been independently verified and officially meets the new EN 1096-5 European Standard for self-cleaning glass.

Pilkington Activ™ the first commercially available self-cleaning glass has proven popular for everything from conservatory roofs to commercial facades. But, considering the long history of float glass, self-cleaning glass is still a relatively new product that some in the industry still have misconceptions about.

Pilkington Activ™: Technical Tips Under normal circumstances, the dual action coating on Pilkington Activ™ destroys organic contaminants on the surface of the glass and increases the water sheeting effect. This allows dirt to be washed away easily from the surface and greatly reduces the need for manual cleaning.