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NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance

Recommendations for low SHGC glass for curtain wall application

Helen Samuel

Senior Tax Accountant

Ernst & Young

LEEDuser Basic Member

4 thumbs up

July 13, 2012

Hi all, I am looking for some recommendations for the best high efficiency glass that has a very good Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (better than 0.23). However, we are looking for the aesthetic of the glass to be a silver/metallic tinted glass, NOT blue, green, or brown tint. So far, we haven't found any silver/metallic tinted glass with a low enough SHGC to meet the needs of our energy model. This is for a curtain wall building with almost entirely glass facade. Thanks!

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Erin Adkins

Executive Director

Empirical Energy Solutions

LEEDuser Basic Member

23 thumbs up

Fri, 07/13/2012 - 16:33

Solarban 60 (PPG Industries) has several colors of reflective glass in their SolarCool series. They all have SHGC of 0.22 or less. You may check them out and see if there is one that matches the look you are going for.

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