Solar control glass is a hi-tech product developed by the glass industry to allow sunlight to pass through a window or façade while radiating and reflecting away a large degree of the sun’s heat. The indoor space stays bright and much cooler than would be the case if normal glass were used.

Pilkington Suncool™ is a range of solar control off-line coated products used in insulating glass units. The coating is designed to reflect the short wave solar radiation.

Pilkington Eclipse Advantage™ is a range of high performance solar control on-line coated clear or body-tinted glass, with unique colours and low-emissivity properties.

Tinting the glass is only one method of achieving solar control. Pilkington Optifloat™ tints tend to reduce the light transmission with the solar control. Another option is to use Pilkington Suncool™ coated products and the Pilkington Eclipse Advantage™ range.

In hot conditions or for building with high internal loads, solar control glass is used to minimise solar heat gain. It allows sunlight to pass through a window or façade while radiating and reflecting away a large degree of the sun's heat.

Pilkington Optifloat™ Tint is a range of uncoated body-tinted solar control glasses, with low light reflection and high energy absorption. The glasses come in different colours: Green, Blue-Green, Bronze and Grey.

Absorbing Solar Control Pilkington Automotive has long been a market leader in body-tinted glass compositions. Optikool™ and EZ-KOOL® are green, optimised solar absorbing glasses, providing significant improvement to occupant comfort.

The main purpose of Pilkington Insulight™ Sun units is solar control. It can be combined with low emissivity glass helping to reduce the solar heat gain by up to 70%. This brings comfort in rooms all year round, with solar control glass to protect against excess heat in the summer, and low emissivity glass to protect against heat loss in the ...

The range manages comfort and costs all year round, with the solar control glass minimising solar heat gain; rejecting solar radiation and controlling glare in hot conditions. Equally, in more temperate conditions, Pilkington Suncool™ works to balance solar control with high levels of natural light.

Our solar control products cover the whole range: from the highest performing, off-line coated, solar control and low-emissivity products within the Pilkington Suncool™ range ; through on-line environmental control glasses that combine good performance solar control with low-emissivity such as Pilkington Eclipse Advantage™ and Pilkington ...