Pilkington Insulight™ HeatComfort
Reversible heated glass
component/system
Installing the reused heated glass at GTB Lab.
Summary
Heated windows made of heated 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 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
Industry consortium
Dimensions
Length:
Width:
Height (or depth):
Thickness:
Area:
Volume:
3 100 mm
1 180 mm
52 mm
Hazardous materials
None
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.
Reuse Potential:
Recovery option
0.8
Direct reuse
Embodied mass:
Embodied carbon:
207,25 kg (56,7 kg/m2)
362,07 kg CO2 (94,6 kg CO2/m2)
No. of elements:
No. of relations:
No. of disassembly steps:
No. of standardized relations:
1
Avoided waste:
Avoided carbon:
165,80 kg
289,66 kg CO2
Remaining Technical Life Cycle:
26 year
Pilkington Insulight™ HeatComfort
