Tinted glass

Pittsburgh-based PPG Industries’ performance glazings business has launched Pacifica and Solarblue glasses, two blue-tinted glasses. Dark-blue Pacifica glass, part of the Oceans of Color collection of ocean-inspired tints, can be combined in an insulating unit with color-neutral, high-performance coatings such as Sungate 500 glass, Solarban 60 glass and Solarban 70XL glass to generate light-to-solar-gain ratios up to 1.63. This product also is compliant with the Florida reflectivity code requirements for “turtle glass.”

Solarblue glass, which joined the Earth and Sky Tones collection, features a light sky-blue tint. In an insulating unit with clear glass, it has a visible light transmission of 50 percent and a solar heat gain coefficient of 0.49. When combined with Sungate 500, Solarban 60 or Solarban 70XL glasses, Solarblue glass can achieve LSG ratios up to 1.84.

Solarblue and Pacifica glasses with Solarcool reflective coatings offer two additional aesthetic options for architects, with SHGCs ranging from 0.32 to 0.25.

PPG Industries, Pittsburgh
888/774-4332 | www.ppg.com