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18.03.08 M-Glass, a novelty among sun protection glassesApart of present commercial products you find physical data on the M-Glass in our glass database. The M-Glass is a new type of sun protection glass that is subject of current research and development. This glass (formerly denoted as Tau_ideal glass) will have the ability to reduce the total solar transmittance at equal light transmittance by more than 30%. The data of the M-Glass in our database are presently theoretical values as obtained by the M-Glas theory. A description of the latter can be found either in Report A (further down in this column) or in reference 1 (in english). In addition, Report B. contains information on the practical realization of the M-Glass (in german).
Ref.1 P. Oelhafen, Optimized spectral transmittance of sun protection glasses, Solar Energy, Volume 81, Issue 9, September 2007, pages 1191-1195
18.03.08 41 building glasses are now online in glassdbaseThe list of insulating glasses (with emphasis on sun protection glasses) studied in our laboratory includes currently 41 commercial products.
You may find interesting information on our experimental techniques both for optical and angular dependent g-factor measurements in the section 'Reports' in this column just below (pdf-documents).
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Reports
16.01.14 A) Angular Dependent Solar GainAngular Dependent Solar Gain for Multiple Glazing from Optical and Thermal Data
CISBAT 2013, Proceedings, EPFL 2013, p.223-228
Dokument
12.05.10 B) Opening the way to innovative coatingsENERGEIA, 1/2010
Research & Development
Opening the way to innovative coatings
p. 10
(in german or french)
Dokument
Dokument
11.05.10 C) M-Glass: Innovative CoatingsM-Glass: Innovative Coatings for Sun Protection Glasses Based on the Theory of the Optimised Spectral Transmittance
CISBAT 2009, Proceedings, EPFL 2009, p.16
Dokument
11.05.10 D) Electrically Controlled WindowsElectrically Controlled Windows: Performance of New Products
CISBAT 2009, Proceedings, EPFL 2009, p.26
Dokument
02.11.05 E) M-Glas theoryOptimized Spectral Transmittance of Sun Protection Glasses
Solar Energy, 81(9): 1191-1195, 2007.
Dokument
02.11.05 F) Information on optical measurementsExperimental Determination of Spectral and Angular Dependent Optical Properties of Insulating Glasses
CISBAT 2005, Proceedings, EPFL 2005, p. 441 - 446
[PDF, 861 KB]
Dokument
02.11.05 G) Information on g-factor mesurementsAngular Dependent Solar Gain for Insulating Glasses from Experimental Optical and Thermal Data
CISBAT 2005, Proceedings, EPFL 2005, p. 173 - 178
[PDF, 912 KB]
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18.03.08 H) SFOE Annual Report 2005An annual report on various subjects of energy research (in german)
[PDF, 708 KB]
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