Sustainable Glazing with Pilkington Glass

Glass is a recyclable material, which plays an important role in the thermal insulation of buildings. With energy costs rising, and over 25% of heat from homes escaping through the windows, more emphasis is being placed on ways to save energy in all types of domestic, commercial and public buildings.  

There are a number of Pilkington products available which are designed to improve the thermal insulation of homes and buildings, including glazing such as Pilkington Eclipse Advantage™, Spacia™ and Pilkington Suncool™.

However, the most well-known energy-efficient glazing product is Pilkington K Glass™, which remains one of the UK’s best-selling low-emissivity glass products. This can be used in combination with Pilkington Optiwhite™ to make up a Pilkington energiKare™ double glazing unit.

A product from the Pilkington K Glass™ or Pilkington Optitherm™ ranges makes up the inner pane of the double glazing unit. Its primary function is to prevent heat escaping through the windows and return heat back into the home.

Pilkington Optiwhite™ can make up the outer pane of the glazing unit. Being “extra clear” it allow more light and heat from the sun to enter into the house resulting in so-called passive solar gain; free heat from the sun.

These units reduce the amount of heat lost through your windows, but also allow more heat energy from the sun in through the glass in a process known as solar gain.

By replacing a single glazed window with thermally insulated windows containing Pilkington energiKare™ double glazing units, it can reduce heating bills by up to 20% each year.

To find out more about Pilkington energiKare™ or our thermally insulating glazing, please click here