Pilkington Insulight™ HeatComfort
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Reversible heated glass
Installing the reused heated glass at GTB Lab.
Summary
Heated windows made of insulating glass elements based on electrically conductive coating.
Details
By applying a voltage to the electrically conductive coating, the glass heats up, so when incorporated into an insulating glass unit, the heat flow can be directed into the living space. The two outer panes of the triple glass window contain reflective coatings reflecting the heat into the interior.
Tests in GTB Lab show a on the outside a maximum of 1 degree of temperature difference, while the inside rises to 45 degrees.
Waste during production was minimised by using the maximum production width of the glass (1180mm) as the grid size for the GTB Lab Module. In the subsequent transformation phase, no new material was used at all, but the glass was reused in its entirety.
Design
Pilkington
Manufacturer
Pilkington Nederland BV
Manufacturing location
De Hoeveler 25, Enschede, The Netherlands
Materials
Glass
Dimensions
Length:
Width:
Height (or depth):
Thickness:
3 100 mm
1 180 mm
52 mm
Shape
Rectangular
Surface damage
2 out of 4 have a small crack in the outer pane.
Hazardous materials
None
Material history
2019 - produced by Pilkington and assembled in Ridderkerk NL
2021 - reused in GTB Lab, Heerlen NL
Circularity data
Reversible BIM: the 3D color-coded model visualizes the reuse potential per element.
Embodied mass:
Embodied carbon:
207,25 kg (56,7 kg/m2)
362,07 kg CO2 (94,6 kg CO2/m2)
Reuse Potential:
Recovery option
0.8
Reuse by minor repair
Reused tonnage:
Reused carbon:
165,80 kg
289,66 kg CO2
No. of elements:
No. of disassembly steps:
1
Remaining Technical Life Cycle:
25 year
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