ABOUT PRODUCT

ViaSolis' Comfort Dynamic Glass

SELF-TINTING DYNAMIC GLASS FOR DAYLIGHTING AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability appears to have come on its own: green design is accepted, embraced and even preferred in most building projects- the construction industry has been changing quickly and buildings that were at the leading edge in terms of sustainability just few year ago are now more standard. Increasing energy code stringency and market demand create challenging task for design teams to deliver innovative solutions to the traditional architecture. As a result, buildings are becoming more intelligent.

INOVATION

In Europe and America, buildings consume around 40 percent of all energy – around 10 percent more than transport and create the same proportion of carbon—dioxide emissions. That forced governments of the countries to increase energy code stringency implementing new building design standards as LEED or Net Zero Energy Building (nZEB’s).
One of the best options to reduce total annual energy consumption in buildings is implementation of innovative dynamic solar control solution – Dynamic glass. ViaSolis’ Comfort glass in fully automatic way, continuously self-tinting adapting sun and heat controlling thanks to Suntuitive thermo-chromic technology.

ENERGY SAVINGS

The case studies of recent building projects, numerous industry analyses has proved value of Dynamic glass achieving very low-energy-consumption building design. Concluded, that Dynamic glass can reduce energy costs by up to 28% of commercial building and eliminate up to 60% of daily lighting energy needs.
Dynamic glass can benefit the owner of the building by:
• 10% to 20% reductions in operating costs  

• 15-24% peak demand reduction  

• 25% decrease in HVAC system size  

See the world the way it was meant to be seen

OCCUPANT COMFORT

In addition to economical befits of Dynamic glass, ViaSolis Comfort Glass increase occupant comfort and productivity and allows occupants unobstructed views even in the tinted state. Studies have shown that this benefit increase productivity by 0.5–5 percent annually with improvements of indoor air quality, increased daylight and better control of office temperatures.

DESIGN POSSIBILITIES

ViaSolis Comfort Glass enables designers to use more glass while still meeting the performance objectives of building energy codes and standards. Presently, typical office buildings have some type of interior or exterior solar controls devices such as mini–blinds or roller shades, the design view of which is often disrupts architecture of the façade. Self-tinting Comfort glass makes light control with out need add-on devices. In fact, the use of Comfort glass provides to the architect an ability to design facades with more glass without energy loss.

TYPICAL BENEFITS

• reduction associated heating, ventilation and air-conditioning loads(HVAC) by decreasing solar heat gain;
• reduction of electrical lighting needs by increasing transmission of natural daylight;  
• eliminate the need for blinds, curtains, exterior shades or other solar-control assemblies;  
• increase the use of daylighting and outdoor views within a building by allowing greater window-to-wall ratio;
• increase occupant comfort and productivity.