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BAU 2025

Flachglas MarkenKreis presents new switchable glass

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With Infraselect Dynamic, the Germany-based Flachglas MarkenKreis completes its product range of adaptive glass. This will be presented to a wide audience at BAU 2025. What is behind the new product range and a new partnership?

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LCD facade at glasstec

The smart way to do glare protection for facades

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A collaboration between VideowindoW.io, LamiPress and Arnold Glas presented a 45m2 dynamic glass facade at glasstec that provides glare protection while utilising visual effects and interactive content. Millions of controllable pixels can be used to create natural movements and patterns to increase glare protection and comfort in the interior. Here are the details.

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Fineo vacuum glass

Even better properties for hybrid vacuum glass

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If you are looking for the highest insulation values in insulating glass, you will find them in insulating glass units with an integrated vacuum element, such as Fineo Hybrid. It insulates with a Ug-value of less than 0.5 W/(m2K), but are significantly more delicate than triple insulating glass with a thickness of 22 mm or more. But such hybrid glass offers even more advantages, which we present here.

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masson, GGW and Chromogenics become partners

Pioneering cooperation brings switchable glass to the world of conservatories

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Manufacturer masson is now introducing switchable ConverLight glass for its residential conservatories. This has now been sealed by the partnership with GGW and ChromoGenics. The first conservatory to be realised with switchable glass is now located in an exclusive villa suburb of Hamburg. The glass was manufactured by the Hero Group.

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eyrise Smart Glass

Facade modernisation with 3300 square metres of switchable glass

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Today, 3300 square metres of eyrise s350 solar control glass are making an important contribution to sustainable building certification as part of a building renovation in Zurich. Here you can find out why eyerise glass was chosen.

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Switchable solar control glass

'The Precedent' building showcases the use of smart glass for refurbishment

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For the renovation project 'The Precedent' in Brussels, eyrise supplied 1160 square metres of eyrise s350 solar control glass. During the planning by Yugening architecture, the aim was for the office and commercial building to meet the criteria of the WELL Building Standard at Gold level when completed. The switchable eyrise glass makes an important contribution to this. Here are the details.

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Smart glass

Halio and Glassbel become partners

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Lithuanian glass processor Glassbel Baltic is integrating the (switchable) Halio interlayer into its product portfolio with immediate effect. From now on, customers of Glassbel and Halio will be able to purchase the switchable Halio insulating glass (Halio Smart Glass) from Glassbel's production in Lithuania.

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Glass for Europe

Now a member of the European Solar PV Industry Alliance

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As of now, Glass for Europe is a member of the European Solar PV Industry Alliance. Its activities aim to increase the production of solar modules and value chain components in Europe.

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Switchable glass

View of the Alps: SageGlass for the Panorama Dining Room

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At an altitude of 1040 m, guests at the Hostellerie am Schwarzsee hotel have a wonderful view over the lake and of the Swiss Pre-Alps. In order to preserve the prospect in the newly renovated Panorama Dining Room even when the sun is shining, switchable Harmony glass from SageGlass was installed in the facade.

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Video

Webinar: GW-News Talks “The clever switch”

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In this – for the time being – last video from our series of GW-News Talks, Frederik Fränding and Johnny D. Engfeldt of ChromoGenics have been talking to us about switchable glass in general as well as the company’s specific solution.

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H.B. Fuller | Kömmerling

Sustainable glass facades and "smart" glass

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The experts from H.B. Fuller | Kömmerling have also been presenting their products and solutions for insulating glass production at glasstec. A special focus at the stand of the adhesive and sealant manufacturer was on green architecture and "smart" glass.

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Smart glass:

Glas Trösch presents switchable insulating glass

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Switchable solar control glass keeps the heat out, offers reliable glare protection and saves a lot of energy. With  eyrise s350 Glas Trösch presents a switchable insulating glass in its portfolio.

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eyrise:

Dynamic liquid crystal glass for building refurbishment in Switzerland

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As part of a comprehensive building refurbishment of an office property in Zurich, eyrise B.V. was commissioned to supply over 3,000 square metres of dynamic liquid crystal glass.

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SageGlass:

Switchable glass for a school built to Passivhaus standard

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The Ruselokka Skole in Oslo was built to meet the highest standards of energy-efficiency. As part of this ambition, the project features smart dynamic switchable glass from SageGlass.

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AGC & EyeLights:

How can a new smart glass windscreen make driving safer?

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AGC and EyeLights have teamed up to develop an augmented reality (AR) windscreen that will enable safer driving in cars. Read about the possibilities offered by the combined windscreen and display technology.

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SageGlass:

14,000 square metres of switchable glass for research district in San Diego

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Two industry innovators have teamed up for a ground-breaking real estate project in San Diego in the US. The largest urban commercial district on the California coast will feature 14,000 square metres of SageGlass. Here are the details.

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Top stories of the week

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A renovated float line in Russia, an introduction to switchable glass, collaborative robots that help to cut delivery times and the ins and outs of burglary-resistant windows. Here are the top stories of the week:

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SageGlass:

State-of-the-art smart glass for Nestlé’s headquarters in Switzerland

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When the time came for the newer of Nestlé’s headquarter buildings to be given a state-of-the-art energy upgrade, fitting it with smart glass from SageGlass was the obvious choice:

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Sageglass:

Switchable glass for Jean Peyraud Primary School

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The Jean Peyraud Primary School and the Collège Fernand Lagrange are located in the centre of Pierre-Buffière in France. The municipality had decided to have the school building rebuilt. Here you can find out why switchable Sageglass was used there.

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SageGlass:

Smart glass for massive office development in India

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What will employees demand from post-pandemic workplaces? Here is a glimpse into how electrochromic smart glass is shaping the office of the future.

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Glass Basics:

Smart glass for facades and how to use it

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Based on the latest polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) technology, switchable smart glass (also known as smart glass or switchable glass) is glass that can be switched from frosted to clear at the press of a button. See here for the basics on this technology:

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SageGlass for structural glazing facades:

Smart glass with a frameless all-glass look

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With the switchable, electrochromic solar control glass SageGlass Vario, structural glazing constructions can also be implemented. Here you can find out how such facades are made with smart glass and how the glass is certified.

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SageGlass:

More than 90 Lidl stores fitted with switchable glass

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The smart glass specialist SageGlass is expanding its market presence. The switchable SageGlass has now been installed in over 90 newly built stores in Germany. Here you can find out how the active solar control glass is profitable and why both staff and customers rate it highly.

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Halio: Intelligent daylight management in health-care facilities

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Aren’t we all a bit biophilic? One theory is that people‘s love of nature is inherently human. The trend towards large windows and smart glazing seems to confirm this. They connect us with the outside world and provide rooms with as much natural daylight as possible.