Self Cleaning Glass
Warm Edge Spacer
Using a new generation of 'photo catalytic' self cleaning glasses,
SMARTGLASSTM is able to offer the ultimate in low maintenance technology.
Every roof comes with an invisible dual action coating to the outer face, which
first acts by using the ultraviolet energy in ordinary daylight to break down
organic dirt. Secondly, rather than forming droplets, as the picture shows,
water 'sheets' down the glass, carrying the dirt away with it.
But does it really work? Well, self cleaning glass uses daylight and water to
power its chemical and physical reaction, the sun providing the light and the
rain providing the water. Given these conditions, yes it does really work!
Have you ever noticed condensation at the edges of your window
frames, even though you thought you had bought energy efficient
glazing? That's because no matter how efficient the sealed unit may
be at the centre, the metallic spacer bar at the edges acts as a bridge,
allowing cold to pass through. 80% of the energy lost though a
window occurs here for this reason. To eliminate this, SMARTGLASSTM
uses warm edge technology - the spacer bar we use is up to
950 times less conductive than aluminium, increasing internal
temperatures and eliminating condensation.
ALUMINIMUM SPACER
WARM EDGE SPACER
NORMAL GLASS
SMARTGLASSTM