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New Colors, New Materials, New Looks

Such is the influence of color, that the glass division of PPG Industries has built a marketing campaign and modified its architectural glass product line to bring to mind the myriad moods of the sea.

Its four-color collection of spectrally selective glasses is designed to provide color options and at the same time improve thermal performance.

Tile and stone application. Courtesy Laticrete.

Spectrally selective glass generally has a light to solar gain ratio (LSG) of 1.25 or higher. LSG is the ratio of solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) to visible light transmittance (VLT). Spectrally selective glass allows more visible light into a building while reducing heat gain.

Thomas O. Gray, AIA, of Pittsburgh-based IKM, Inc., says the distinctions between “green architecture” and conventional architecture are slowly disappearing and that spectrally selective glass, once relatively uncommon, is now gaining broad acceptance by the architectural community.