A Global Alliance with PPG
to Provide Solarban® Glass
for Your Projects
(Right)
DELATE
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Product: Solarban® 60 glass
Glass Fabricator: Tecnoglass
(Below)
NEMOURS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Glass: Solarban® 70XL glass and Caribia® glass
Architect: Stanley Beaman & Sears
Glass Fabricator: Tecnoglass
LEED Gold
(Above)
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAKE NONA
RESEARCH CENTER
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Glass: Solarban® z50 glass
Architect: HOK
Curtainwall: West Tampa Glass
Glass Fabricator: Tecnoglass
LEED-NC Platinum
(Cover)
EL DORADO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Location: Bogóta, Colombia
Glass: Solarban® 60 glass
Architect: Zyscovich Architects
Glass Fabricator: Tecnoglass
Now Solarban® solar control low-e glasses manufactured by PPG
licensees are available through the Green City Alliance.
PPG set the standard for a whole new level of energy
efficiency when they introduced the innovative,
high-performance coated glass that became the
Solarban® family of glasses in 1964. Since 1999, PPG
has produced more than 700 million square feet of
Solarban® low-e glass for commercial buildings around
the globe. To give you greater access to Solarban® solar
control low-e glass products, PPG has created the
Green City Alliance (GCA).
The Green City Alliance provides a global gateway to
authentic PPG-licensed Solarban® magnetron sputter
vacuum deposition (MSVD) low-e glass technology.
This collaboration between PPG and international glass
producers provides additional volume, larger sizes and
more sources for specific Solarban® glasses, including
the high performing Solarban® 70XL and Solarban® 72
Starphire Ultra-Clear™ glasses.
The Green City Alliance ensures access to
energy-efficient Solarban® low-e glasses that are:
• Available around the globe
• Competitively priced
• Compliant with PPG’s patented solar control coating
designs
• Backed by PPG’s architectural and technical
support teams
The PPG and Tecnoglass Collaboration
Founded in 1994 in Barranquilla, Colombia, Tecnoglass
S.A. entered the glass industry to deliver quality glass
products at competitive prices with on-time delivery to
the Americas. Their commitment to quality led them
to become the first member of the PPG International
Certified Fabricator Program® (PPG-ICFP) in 2007.
As a glass fabricator, Tecnoglass has continued to upgrade
and expand their processing capabilities. They are the
first glass processor in the Americas to use the new Air
Flotation technology to heat-treat glass. This new approach,
called TecnoAir, practically eliminates the roller wave
distortion that can occur with traditional furnace operations.
Tecnoglass also has expanded their capabilities to include
bending glass. TecnoBend technology allows for high
performance Solarban® glasses to be curved and offers
a single-source warranty.
Glass Size Capabilities:
• Lamination: 3.3 x 6.0 meters; 130" x 236"
• Heat-Treating/Tempering: 3.3 x 6.0 meters; 130" x 236"
• Solarban® Insulating Glass Units: 2.5 x 5.2 meters; 98" x 204"
• Silk-Screen: 2.4 x 5.0 meters; 94.5" x 196.8"
• MSVD Low-E Coatings: 3.3 x 6.0 meters; 130" x 236"
Now, with the installation of their first MSVD coater, Tecnoglass
produces specific Solarban® low-e glasses under license from
PPG and available through the Green City Alliance.
PRODUCT PERFORMANCE
Visible Light
Solar Energy
U-Value NFRC
Product
Type
VLT
Exterior
Reflectivity
SHGC
Shading
Coefficient
W/
m2 *K
BTU/
hr*ft2*F
LSG
Solarban® 70XL on clear glass
Triple-silver
64%
12%
0.27
0.32
1.62
0.28
2.37
Solarban® 72 on Starphire® glass
Triple-silver on low iron
71%
13%
0.30
0.34
1.63
0.29
2.37
Solarban® z75 glass
Triple-silver on Optiblue® glass
48%
9%
0.24
0.28
1.62
0.28
2.00
Solarban® 60 on clear glass
Double-silver
70%
11%
0.39
0.45
1.66
0.29
1.79
Solarban® 60 on Starphire® glass
Double-silver on low iron
74%
11%
0.41
0.48
1.66
0.29
1.80
Solarban® z50 glass
Double-silver on Optiblue® glass
51%
8%
0.32
0.37
1.66
0.29
1.59
Glass performance shown for 6+12.7 Air+6 IGU. Solarban® 72, Solarban® 70XL, Solarban® z75, Solarban® 60 and Solarban® z50 are bendable and
post-temperable.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Annissa Flickinger
Carlos Amin
[email protected]
[email protected]
As members of the Green City Alliance, PPG and local glass producers have joined
together to provide cost-competitive manufacturing and fabrication of energy-efficient
Solarban® low-e glasses to buildings around the globe.
Solarban® low-e glasses by PPG have set the standard for solar control performance in the
architectural glass industry, delivering sleekness, beauty and immeasurable energy savings.
More than 700 million square feet has been installed around the globe.
For more than 130 years, PPG Industries has been a world leader in glass manufacturing.
PPG is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), and has more than 500 active
patents for glass.
© 2015 PPG Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. Solarban, Starphire, Optiblue, Caribia,
the PPG logo, the PPG International Certified Fabricator Network and the PPG Certified
Fabricator Programs are registered trademarks of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
Tecnoglass began in 1994 in Barranquilla, Colombia, to be a worldwide leader in glass
processing with the highest quality and service using highly trained and motivated employees.
For more information on Tecnoglass and their capabilities, visit www.tecnoglass.com.
PPG delivers unique commercial glass products and services to the global commercial
construction industry through the PPG International Certified Fabricator Program® (PPG-ICFP).
The PPG-ICFP provides building owners and architects with confidence that the glass
products will meet both industry and PPG quality standards. PPG-ICFP members must process
Solarban® low-e glass according to PPG’s process requirements.
PPG Industries, Inc.
Glass Business & Discovery Center
400 Guys Run Road
Cheswick, PA 15024 USA
1-888-PPG-IDEA
www.ppgideascapes.com
TG1115
Tecnoglass S.A.
Avenida Circunvalar a 100 mts de la Vía 40
Barrio Las Flores Barranquilla - Colombia
PBX: (575) 3734000
www.tecnoglass.com