High-Performance Glass

SunGuard advanced architectural glass from Guardian Industries now offers architects and designers five new performance and appearance glass options by combining its Guardian CrystalGray float glass with the latest SunGuard coatings. The product allows architects to achieve a more neutral appearance than with typical gray and blue tinted float glass, reduces outdoor reflectance and glare, lowers the solar heat gain coefficient by 20 percent compared to coatings on clear glass, and meets LEED requirements.

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Tintable Glass

Sage Electrochromics Inc. manufactures electronically tintable glass products designed help reduce energy bills by controlling solar heat gain and increase worker productivity by allowing additional daylighting, minimizing glare, and enhancing occupant comfort. The company’s products have been integrated into a variety of buildings, including commercial facilities and schools.

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Louvered Insulated Glass

Vision Control insulated glass is outfitted with integral louvers to allows physicians and nurses to view patients. The product eliminates strings and minimizes maintenance while offering energy savings.


The units are hermetically sealed for improved indoor air quality and to reduce infections and allergies. The glass panels offer privacy and sound attenuation in the closed position. When installed in exterior applications, the panels provide significant thermal performance and energy savings, resulting in a decrease in capital cost and annual operational energy costs.

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Gamma Ray Shielding Glass

Technical Glass Products offers Pro-GR lead glass, an ultra-high lead content glass suitable for shielding gamma rays generated during medical imaging. It contains approximately 70 percent lead oxide, which is equivalent to the glass used in nuclear power plants, and offers 83 percent of visible light.


The glass is available in 14.2 mm or 21.3 mm thickness, depending on shielding requirements, and in sizes up to 42 inches x 60 inches.


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