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Smart Glass High Performance Glass

      With the introduction of our new glass offering, C-Thru now offers a new high performance single pane product and a new “SmartGlass” family of double pane high performance glass products that outperform all competitive products in their class.  Why are we doing this?  For two reasons …. (1) To give you, our Dealers, an even greater competitive edge,  and (2) because more than any other component in a sunroom or patio room, the type of glass used will determine the comfort and usability of the finished sunroom. Let’s take a brief look at why the performance of glass is so important.  What it all boils down to is this … the two biggest problems with sunrooms and patio rooms has to do with excess heat gain, which makes the rooms uncomfortably hot; and Ultraviolet radiation which fades and damages fabrics and furnishings.  Here’s why these are major issues for your clients

Ultraviolet Radiation: It is widely know that UV radiation is harmful and damaging, to people as well as to fabrics and furnishings.  Glass products that transmit a high percentage of UV radiation will result in faster fading and damage to fabrics and furnishings that are used in that room.  More importantly, homeowners who regularly spend time in these rooms may receive unsafe exposure to harmful UV radiation                

SmartGlass^tm 30

The first product in our line of high-performance glass products is a single pane glass, which goes by the name SmartGlass 30.  This new product has 30% lower solar transmission than ordinary clear single pane glass (and 30% less UV transmission).  What this means is that a competitor’s room equipped with clear single pane glass will heat up 30% faster than a C-Thru room.  SmartGlass 30 has the same high optical clarity and same visual appearance as regular single pane glass; it’s only on a very, very close inspection that one might notice a very, very subtle green hue.   SmartGlass 30 is so effective that it even outperforms single pane bronze glass by 8%, and without the “dirty” look of ordinary bronze tinted glass.  Clear single pane glass will still be our low cost standard, but SmartGlass 30 will be available for a modest upcharge.

 

SmartGlass^tm 40

 

The next product in our line of high-performance glass offerings is a double pane product, which goes by the name SmartGlass 40.  This product consists of an outer pane of 1/8” green glass over an inner pane of 1/8” clear.  This new product has 20% lower solar transmission than ordinary double pane clear glass (and 26% less UV transmission).  What this means is that a competitor’s room equipped with clear single pane glass will heat up 20% faster than a C-Thru room equipped with SmartGlass 40.  SmartGlass 40 has the same high optical clarity and same visual appearance as ordinary double pane glass; it’s only on a very, very close inspection that one might notice a very subtle green hue.   SmartGlass 40 is so effective that it even outperforms double pane bronze glass by 5%, and without the “dirty” look of ordinary bronze tinted glass.  Other’s bronze double pane glass products also block 23% more visible light than C-Thru’s SmartGlass 40.  While not the highest performing SmartGlass offering, SmartGlass 40 is a smart choice when trying to balance performance with affordability.       The last two high-performance glass products represent a significant improvement over our old Smart Glass, and are called SmartGlass 60 and SmartGlass 90EZ. Both of these are double pane glass products that incorporate a unique multi-layered low-e coating applied to the inside of the outboard pane of glass.  This incredible coating blocks far higher levels of the sun’s invisible solar heat and harmful UV radiation.

SmartGlass^tm 60

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