Rising temperatures and increasing sunlight hours call for adapted construction methods. To ensure comfort without com-promise, windows and glass façades must prevent excessive indoor temperatures while still allowing ample natural light. With their specialist coatings, SANCO solar control glass solutions meet these demands, also delivering exceptional aesthetics. As a result, they set the new standard for climate-conscious construction. Investing in solar control insulating glass today provides an energy-efficient and sustainable solu-tion while future-proofing buildings to meet evolving environmental standards.
Maximising energy-saving potential
Too often, the potential of insulating glass with solar control coatings remains underutilised. These glazing solutions enhance summer heat protection, reducing or even eliminating the need for additional cooling and shading systems – along with their scheduled maintenance. Both businesses and private households benefit from long-term cost savings.
Promoting sustainability, securing financing
By lowering cooling-related energy consumption, solar control glass also plays a key role in climate protection. This is crucial not only for sustain-able architecture and green building practices but also for financing con-siderations. Under the EU Taxonomy framework, sustainability criteria will increasingly influence financing costs. Climate-friendly solutions such as SANCO solar control glass contribute to reducing these ex-penditures.
Enhancing comfort: cool in summer, bright in winter
The combination of heat protection and high light transmittance creates a comfortable indoor environment without compromising daylight ac-cess. This enhances well-being and boosts productivity for occupants – whether in offices or home workspaces. An additional benefit: reducing reliance on artificial lighting saves energy.
Solar control, thermal insulation, and light transmittance – all in one
In the moderate climate zones of Central Europe, choosing the right glass coating means finding the optimal balance between solar protec-tion, thermal insulation, and light transmittance. The ideal solution is a multi-functional glass such as the highly selective SANCO Sun COMBI neutral 70/35 NG. With a g-value (total solar energy transmittance) of just 35%, it offers effective solar protection in summer while still enabling passive solar energy gain in winter. At the same time, its light transmit-tance (LT) of 70% ensures ideal daylight access indoors.
Smart coatings for every installation
The 360-degree glazing approach takes things a step further by inte-grating the building’s location, orientation, usage, and glass surface size into the planning process – ensuring that the optimal coating is selected for each specific application. This allows for a targeted response to the specific requirements of each façade. Intense sunlight in summer can cause high indoor temperatures in south-facing façades. To prevent this, a solar control coating with a low total solar energy transmittance (g-value) is recommended. For east- and west-facing façades, a com-bination of heat protection and good light transmittance is more suitable. In contrast, for north-facing façades, solar control is less important, while high light transmittance and thermal insulation play a greater role in selecting the appropriate coating.
SANCO Energy Simulator
For those looking to upgrade their building’s energy efficiency by replac-ing windows, SANCO not only provides the ideal products but also of-fers a specialised service. The SANCO Energy Simulator is a browser-based tool that provides practical insights into improving indoor comfort and summer heat protection. It also calculates potential financial and CO2 savings achieved by upgrading to modern windows.