Advanced solar control glass accentuates views, resident comfort
Located near Houston’s River Oak neighborhood and designed by RTKL Associates, Dallas, 2929 Weslayan is one of the first major buildings glazed with Solarban® 67 solar control low-emissivity (low-e) glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.
2929 Weslayan, luxury high-rise in Houston glazed with Solarban® 67 glass. Photography by Tom Kessler
Engineered with a proprietary double-silver, magnetron-sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) coating, Solarban 67 glass reflects the true timbre and brightness of ambient light and color more accurately and authentically than any architectural glass of its kind.
In addition to endowing commercial buildings with crisp, clean and brilliantly clear exteriors, Solarban 67 glass features a proprietary low-e coating that enables it to provide high levels of solar control performance not typically associated with transparent glass.
United with vibrant Optiblue® glass on the new 40-story luxury apartment tower, Solarban 67 glass blocks nearly 70 percent of the sun’s heat energy in a standard 1-inch insulating glass unit (IGU) while transmitting almost 40 percent of the available sunlight.
As a result, Solarban 67 glass helps increase the comfort of building residents while lowering air-conditioning demand and providing clear, unobstructed city views.
For more information about Solarban 67 glass, visit www.vitroglazings.com or call 1-855-VTRO-GLS (887-6457).
About Vitro Architectural Glass
Vitro Architectural Glass, part of Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:VITROA), the leading glass manufacturer in Mexico, is a new company created from Vitro’s acquisition of PPG’s flat glass business unit on October 1, 2016. Now the largest company of its kind in the Americas, Vitro Architectural Glass is primarily focused on residential and commercial construction markets and continues to produce industry-leading glass brands such as Solarban®, Sungate® and Starphire Ultra-Clear™ glasses. Vitro S.A.B. de C.V. is headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico and employs more than 3,000 people at 21 manufacturing, fabrication, distribution and research facilities in Canada, Mexico and the the U.S. For more information, please visit www.vitro.com.
Optiblue and Solarban are registered trademarks owned by Vitro.
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