Self-cleaning glass is ideal for any external application, especially large areas like conservatories or difficult to reach places such as skylights. By continually cleaning itself, self-cleaning glass gives you a clearer view and your windows look cleaner for longer.

Self-cleaning coatings are one of many technologies that have helped boost the number of potential applications of glass in building design. By understanding the science behind it as well as the optimum applications, properties can be made to look spotless for longer.

Pilkington Activ SunShade™ combines dual action, self-cleaning properties with medium solar control performance. Available in both Blue and Neutral colours it creates a cool and comfortable environment all year round.

Pilkington Activ ™ self-cleaning glass has a microscopically thin, transparent coating of titanium oxide. The on-line application of the coating has been perfected and patented by Pilkington technologists. The coating is permanently bonded to the surface of the glass.

If the thought of spending endless hours cleaning windows puts you off building a new conservatory or installing skylights then self-cleaning glass is precisely what you need. View this demonstration video to gain a better understanding of how self-cleaning glass works with the forces of nature to keep your glass cleaner.

All the answers to the general questions asked about the Pilkington Activ™ range of self-cleaning glass products.

The Pilkington Activ™ Range includes products which benefit from both self-cleaning and solar control properties helping to create an environment that can be used all year round. The range comprises: Pilkington Activ™ Clear: clear float glass with self-cleaning properties

Self-Cleaning and Solar Control Glass. Pilkington Activ™ Blue and Pilkington Activ™ Bronze combine both self-cleaning glass and medium solar control properties, in an attractive blue or bronze coloured glass, to help keep the inside cooler.

Self-cleaning glass is exactly as the name suggests - glass that keeps itself clean. It uses a photocatalytic process whereby organic dirt is broken down by daylight and is then washed away by rain. Long described as an impossible dream, self-cleaning glass is now a reality.

Understanding the science behind self-cleaning glass, and how its best used and installed, will help to spur its uptake.