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How have the advancements in new coated glass products impacted the curtainwall market?

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How have the advancements in new coated glass products impacted the curtainwall market?

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Kevin Fairchild, product marketing manager, Kawneer Company: “Coated glass products have had an influence by offering architects and designers more aesthetic options as well as offering the building tenants/owners privacy and personal protection.” A: Frank Luciani, president, Aluminum Curtainwall Systems: “The ‘neutral’ coatings when combined with a substrate such as low-iron glass, or low-iron patterned glass can produce very ‘transparent’ façade, which brings new opportunities for artistic expression in modern architecture.” A: Steve Gusterson, pre-construction design services, Alumicor Limited: “Only in helping to achieve greater thermal performance of the combined products or what could be called ‘the total system’.” A: Tony Menecola, owner and president, Applewood Glass and Mirror: “Yes. You are starting to see far less spandrel area in office buildings. The excess light is handled by the use of sun shades and light shelves. Heat gain and loss is where new high performance low-E c

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