SOLARBAN Glass Adorns Three 2021 Top 10 Green Buildings
Vitro Architectural Glass announced that three of the 10 buildings selected by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE®) as the top green building projects of 2021 were glazed with Solarban® solar control, low-emissivity glasses. The award-winning projects include:
Featuring a proprietary triple-silver, solar control, low-e coating, Solarban® 70 glass combines visible light transmittance (VLT) of 64% with a solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) of 0.27 in a standard one-inch IGU. Solarban® 72 Starphire® glass unites the same coating technology with Vitro Glass’s premium low-iron glass to achieve heightened levels of clarity and solar control performance. In a standard one-inch IGU, Solarban® 72 Starphire® glass has VLT of 68% and a SHGC of 0.28.