Vitro Architectural Glass will rename three of its signature Solarban solar control, low-emissivity glass products at the beginning of 2023. While the products will have new names, the performance and visual characteristics of all three glasses will remain the same.
New product names
Solarban 67 glass will be renamed Solarban R67. The addition of the 'R' designation brings Solarban R67 into a group of subtly reflective glasses, including Vitro's Solarban R77 and Solarban R100 glasses, and helps make its aesthetic attributes clearer to customers. Solarban R67 glass provides excellent solar control performance and transmits and reflects colors with crisp fidelity and can be specified with low-iron, blue, green and earth-toned tinted glasses for additional visual impact.
Solarban z50 glass will be renamed Solarban 60 on Optiblue glass. Solarban 60 on Optiblue glass features a neutral, cool blue-gray appearance, and in a one-inch insulating glass unit with clear glass provides visible light transmittance of 51 percent and a solar heat gain coefficient of 0.32.
Solarban z75 glass will become Solarban 70 on Optiblue glass. Solarban 70 on Optiblue glass features a similar cool blue-gray appearance and, in a one-inch insulating glass unit, provides visible light transmittance of 46 percent and a solar heat gain coefficient of 0.23. Because of their neutral color profiles, both glasses harmonize well with clear and other color-neutral Solarban solar control low-e glasses.
Vitro's take on the changes
"Solarban z50 glass consists of the Solarban 60 solar control, low-e coating on Optiblue tinted glass and Solarban z75 glass is made up of our Solarban 70 solar control, low-e coating on Optiblue tinted glass," explains Emily Losego, director, commercial segment innovation, Vitro Architectural Glass. "By changing the product names to better reflect their aesthetic attributes and physical composition, we believe it will be easier for architects, fabricators and others who work with architectural glass to evaluate and select the best product for their projects."
