Large expanses of Solarban 90 Acuity glass by Vitro Architectural Glass don the 484,000-square-foot Parkland Moody Outpatient Center in Dallas, Texas.
Project details
Completed in 2021, the LEED Gold-certified structure houses numerous specialty clinics providing inpatient and outpatient services for more than 800 patients daily.
In an effort to achieve optimal energy efficiency and natural lighting for the Parkland Moody Outpatient Center, HKS Architects specified Solarban 90 Acuity glass, which provides transparency, color neutrality, solar control and visible light transmittance. Partners of this project included fabricator Hartung Glass and glazier IWR North America.
About Solarban 90
Solarban 90 glass’ four layers of silver low emissivity coating aim to offer benefits that make it a wise choice for meeting energy code requirements and ensuring comfort within buildings.
Solarban 90 glass combines solar control performance with neutral aesthetics and conveys an appearance like clear glass in color and reflectance, whether viewed from the interior or exterior of a building. When coupled with Acuity low-iron glass in a 1-inch insulating glass unit, Solarban 90 glass offers a VLT of 53% and a solar heat gain coefficient of 0.23.
Specially engineered for vision glazings, Acuity glass can function as a substrate for Solarban low-e coatings or as a highly clear glass lite in insulating or laminated glass units. In addition to hospitals, medical centers, office buildings, higher education institutions, hotels and schools, Acuity glass can be specified for exterior applications from luxury condominiums and mixed-use buildings to entrances and storefronts. It also is ideal for distinctive exterior applications such as atriums, skylights and spandrel glass.
In July 2023, the American Institute of Architects named the Parkland Moody Outpatient Center a 2023 Healthcare Design Award winner. The Healthcare Design Awards showcase the best of healthcare building design, healthcare planning and healthcare design-oriented research.
