What Is Reflective Glass?
Reflective glass is glass treated with a metallic coating which allows the glass to reflect heat. It is not reflective in the sense that it acts as a mirror, although some reflective glass products do indeed have a highly reflective surface, but rather in the sense that it reflects radiation, rather than absorbing it. This type of glass is used in environmentally friendly construction with the goal of reducing heat gain and loss, making structures much cheaper to heat and cool over the course of the year.
The precise finish used on reflective glass varies. There are a number of options available, including tinted glass which can be used to achieve a desired aesthetic effect. The finish is usually metallic in nature, and designed so that people outside the glass can see out. As a bonus, the coating sometimes reduces glare, which can be tremendously beneficial for making office environments healthier; glare is a common cause of eye strain, especially for people who work on computers.
Heat generated inside the building tends to stay in the building when the windows are made from reflective glass, which reduces heating costs. Conversely, heat from the outside stays outside, with the radiation being bounced back by the glass. This keeps the building cool in summer. Some structures with reflective glass may be able to scale down or eliminate climate control systems through the use of reflective glass and other passive measures, while others need to run these systems less frequently, saving money and helping the environment out at the same time.
Features:
1. Control the direct solar radiation for good solar shading
2. Shelter to sight
3. Rich colours for decoration
4. Energy-saving
Applicable range:
1. Available for single,
laminated and insulated glass
2. Rich colours to meet different design for archi-tectural buildings
Reflective glass(coated glass),also known as heat-reflective glass(solar-control coated glass),is plating on high-quality float glass surface with a vacuum magnetron sputtering to multi-layer metal or compounds coating.It can control the direct solar radiation reflection,transmittance and absorption by the ratio to reach the needed reflective color.The development of architectural aesthetics arouses high requirements to the architectural glass on lighting with appropriate sight shielding,energy-saving with decoration,which could be realized by reflective glass.
