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HIGH PERFORMANCE GLASS
From Indian Green Building Council, CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre
Glass has
been used for Why High Performance Glass?
hundreds of High Performance Glass is one which reduces the
years in ingress of heat and at the same time allows higher
architecture. penetration of daylight.
Glass forms a
major part of Benefits of Using High Performance Glass:
the outer Ø It can result in energy savings to the tune of
envelope of 35-40% as compared to conventional glass
buildings. It
is also used Ø Typical payback period varies from 3-4 years
to form Ø It provides access to daylighting which can
i n t e r n a l enhance occupant comfort and productivity
building features such as partitions, doors and
enclosures.
Shading Coefficient of glazing (SC): Shading
coefficient indicates the extent of direct solar heat gain.
Of late, glazing is a favoured feature in buildings.
Glazing not only adds to the aesthetic element but also Lower the shading coefficient, better the glazing in
has a tremendous impact on energy performance of preventing solar heat gain.
buildings besides visual and acoustic effects. The right
Solar Heat gain coefficient (SHGC)
choice of glazing can also lead to significantly Shading coefficient = ________________________________
lower cost in building energy consumption. Heat gain through 3mm clear glass
Tinted glass reflects only a small percentage of light, Spectrally selective glass is very similar to
so it does not have the mirror-like appearance of Low-E glass in the sense that it restricts heat
glass reflective coating. ingress but the difference lies in its capacity
to transmit visible light.
4. Low-emissivity (Low-E) coatings:
6. Reflective coatings:
Low Emissivity (Low-E) coatings are microscopically
Reflective coatings usually consist of thin, metallic
thin, virtually invisible, metal or metallic oxide layers
layers which come in a variety of colors including
deposited on a
silver, gold, and bronze. Reflective coatings are
window or skylight applied on the outer surface of glazings i.e. the
glazing surface surface exposed to rain.
primarily to reduce
the U-factor by Reflective coatings on window glazing or glass
suppressing reduce the transmission of solar radiation, thereby
radiative heat flow. blocking heat. However they also reduce a windows
visible light transmittance (VLT).
In general, low-E
coatings are
designed to reduce
heat transfer
caused by long
wave radiation.