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Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass), North America’s largest glass producer, is exclusively dedicated to glass innovation and fueled by the same people, plants and products that made PPG Glass one of the industry’s most respected and reliable commercial glass manufacturers. Our innovative architectural glass products deliver consistent appearance, reliable performance and energy savings. The dependability of Vitro Glass products is conveyed through members of the Vitro Certified™ Network—a proven group of companies that fabricate Vitro glass products with on-time delivery and responsive service every time, no matter where your project is located. Vitro Architectural Glass products deliver on your design vision through consistency in quality, color and coating appearance—lite after lite, run after run and year after year. That reliability translates into buildings that look and perform the way they were designed to—now and into the future.

Leading the industry brand family of solar control low-e teams to set and then exceed glasses, introduced in 1964, has glass industry standards for PPG Glass had been a leader in new continually raised the standard for color neutrality and both optical product innovation and development performance and enabled architects and spectral performance. That since 1883. A long series of PPG to design with larger expanses of innovation and constant exploration technological innovations, many still glass than ever before. of new and improved architectural in use today, have greatly improved glass options translates into more how buildings look and perform. Proven product opportunities for architects to Introduced in 1934, Solex® “heat development process realize their design visions with absorbing” glass, now known as products such as low-iron Starphire Solexia® glass, became the first Now Vitro Architectural Glass has Ultra-Clear™ glass; Solarban® 70XL architectural glass to limit solar more than 500 patents to its credit glass, the world’s first MSVD heat gain, while Twindow®, one of the and an established reputation triple-silver-coated low-e glass; world’s first double-paned insulating for innovation, consistency and and now, Solarban® 90 solar control glass units, helped insulate millions of reliability. The company continually low-e glass. homes and buildings. The Solarban® challenges its engineers and R&D

EASTSIDE HUMAN SERVICES Location: Denver Product: Solarban® 70XL Glass Architect: RNL Architects Glazing Contractor: Colorado Systems Glass Fabricator: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope® Photo courtesy of Frank Ooms

1-855-VTRO-GLS (1-855-887-6457) VitroGlazings.com 1 A Legacy of Leadership 130 Years of Innovation

1920s 1934 1939 1945 PPG becomes Solex® glass Waterwhite low-iron glass, Twindow® is unveiled as 130one of the first is introduced the precursor to today’s low- one of the world’s first companies as the first iron Starphire Ultra-Clear™ double-paned insulating to successfully environmental, glass, is installed on Frank glasses, foreshadowing the mass-produce green-tinted, Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. green building movement glass. The heat-absorbing by promising to keep homes patented glass. The and buildings “warmer Pittsburgh product, now in the winter and cooler process known as Solexia® in the summer.” accelerates glass, remains production popular with and minimizes architects today waves and other as part of Vitro imperfections Glass’s collection common to of blue and green . performance tinted glasses.

1883 The Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) Company 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s is founded, establishing the first plate 1981 1989 1990 2000 glass plant in the One PPG Place, Azurlite® glass (now Low-iron Starphire Re-engineered United States. designed by Philip Azuria® glass), a spectrally Ultra-Clear™ glass is Solarban® glass ushers Johnson, becomes selective, blue-green introduced at GlasTec in a new era of solar the showcase for a glass, is introduced. The ’90 in Dusseldorf, control low-e glasses new generation of Atlantis Resort in the Germany. It remains that continue to set the high-performance Bahamas was one of the the industry’s clearest, standard for energy- Solarban® glasses. first large installations of most transparent saving performance, as the product. . installed at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh.

2 130 Years of Innovation

1952 1963 1964 1972 Solex® glass (now Solexia® PPG becomes the first Colonnade Plaza, formerly Solarcool® reflective glasses glass) is installed on the glass manufacturer in the Mutual of Omaha Office are launched, ushering in historic Lever House in the United States to use the in Miami, designed by a major advance in heat- New York City, launching float glass process, which architect Minoru Yamasaki, reflective coatings and a the era of the glass-clad remains the predominant was the first building to world’s first. Shown here modernist building. method of glass-making feature high-performance on the General Motors today. Solarban® glass. Headquarters, Detroit.

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2005 2010 2013 2015/2016 Solarban® 70XL glass, the industry’s first Solarban® R100 glass is Solarban® 67 glass Solarban® 90 is introduced. triple-silver-coated, solar control low-e introduced to provide high VLT is introduced with a This glass, which combines glass, is introduced at the GreenBuild with neutral reflectivity, as proprietary solar control exceptional solar control International Conference and Expo. With shown on Kean University’s low-e coating that reflects performance with the a light-to-solar gain (LSG) ratio of 2.37, Green Lane Building; Union, New the true timbre and aesthetic appeal of clear Solarban® 70XL glass remains unrivaled Jersey; an Engineering News brightness of ambient glass, allows for larger for its combination of solar control and Record “best project.” light and color. It is shown expanses of glass with visible light transmittance (VLT). The Terry here with Optiblue® glass improved occupant comfort. Thomas in Seattle is a 2009 AIA COTE on the award-winning In 2016, PPG became part of winner. Legacy ER in Allen, Texas. Vitro Architectural Glass.

1-855-VTRO-GLS (1-855-887-6457) VitroGlazings.com 3 Glass and Energy Management

Over the past half-century, glass has enhanced its profile and capabilities as a critical asset in the design and development of green buildings. Beyond its obvious versatility as a building and decorative material, glass offers architects Understanding the environmental advantage of being forged from basic ingredients, such as silica sand, soda-ash and limestone, that are both plentiful and relatively glass performance inexpensive. Yet, the most significant reason for glass’s favor with architects is its dual ability to transmit light and mitigate the effects of solar heat gain. Few Dual-pane or “standard” building materials balance these competing functions so deftly, and thanks to insulating glass units (IGUs) ongoing advances from Vitro Glass in glass formulation, engineering and design, provide four potential there is tangible promise for even more eco-effective glasses in the future. coating surfaces. The first (#1) surface faces outdoors; the fourth (#4) faces directly Setting the standard for performance indoors. The two surfaces inside the IGU, which The primary purpose of solar control low-e glasses, such as the Solarban® face each other and are glasses described on pages 9-13, is to reduce solar heat gain, which is quantified separated by an airspace by solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC). Passive low-e glasses, including Sungate® and an insulating spacer, 400 glass detailed on page 14, are designed to transmit solar heat energy into are referred to as the buildings, generating higher SHGCs. Both passive and solar control low-e glasses second (#2) and third (#3) also provide the benefit of improved u-value. Lower numbers indicate better surfaces. performance in both SHGC and u-values.

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WYNDHAM DESERT BLUE | Location: Las Vegas | Products: Pacifica® Glass, Solarban® z50 Glass Coating Architect: KGA | General Contractor: Martin-Harris Construction 1/4" (6mm) 1/4" (6mm) Glass Fabricator: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope® | Glazing Contractor: Walters & Wolf Clear or Clear Glass Photo courtesy of Tom Kessler Photography Tinted Glass

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Magnetron-sputtered vacuum deposition (MSVD) coatings, or “soft” coats, such as Solarban® solar control low-e coatings, must be glazed within the IGU on the second (#2) or third (#3) surface.

4 ROBESON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES Location: Lumberton, North Carolina Product: Solarban® 70XL Glass Architect: Little & Associates Glass Fabricator: Trulite Glass and Aluminum Solutions Glazing Contractor: Charlotte Glass Photo courtesy of Mark Herboth Photography

The energy performance of architectural glass is measured according to four critical factors:

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INSIDE AIRCO NDITIONER Long-Wave energy, e.g., cool air from air conditioner

1. Visible light transmittance 2. Solar heat gain coefficient 3. Light-to-solar gain (LSG) 4. U-Value quantifies a glass’s (VLT) gauges the amount (SHGC) quantifies the ratio is the ratio of visible insulating ability (or ability of natural light a glass amount of solar energy light transmittance (VLT) to to act as a thermal barrier transmits into a building. (heat) that passes directly solar heat gain coefficient between indoor air and To compare, the glass with into a building through (SHGC). outdoor air). Glasses with the industry’s highest VLT, the glass. Glasses with lower u-values are better Starphire Ultra-Clear™ glass the lowest SHGCs block Glazings with an LSG insulators than glasses with by Vitro Glass, transmits the highest percentage of ratio of 1.25 or greater higher u-values. 84 percent of the sun’s solar heat. In a 1-inch IGU, have been defined as available light in a 1-inch Starphire® glass has an spectrally selective by insulating glass unit (IGU). SHGC of 0.82, which means the U.S. Department of On the other end of the scale, it blocks only 18 percent Energy’s Federal Energy Graylite® II glass, a dark- of the sun’s heat energy. Management Program tinted gray glass made Conversely, because of its (FEMP) guidelines for by Vitro Glass, transmits dark gray tint, Graylite II commercial glazings. only 8 percent of the glass offers an SHGC of 0.21, available sunlight. which means it reflects 79 percent of the ambient solar radiation.

1-855-VTRO-GLS (1-855-887-6457) VitroGlazings.com 5 Meeting the Cradle to Cradle Certified TM Product Standard

PPG once again led the industry by becoming the first North American float glass manufacturer to have its products meet the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ product standard. Today, Vitro Glass offers more C2C-certified architectural glasses than any other float glass manufacturer.

To earn C2C certification, Vitro Glass products are independently evaluated to measure their total life-cycle impact on human health and the environment. The assessment considers critical variables, such as how efficiently water and energy Our glass products are used in their manufacture, the sustainability and reusability of their material have met the ingredients, and the commitment of Vitro Glass corporate management to socially responsible business practices, environmental stewardship, social fairness and Cradle to Cradle Certified™ ethical business standards. product standard since 2008.

NASA SUSTAINABILITY BASE Location: Moffet Field, California Product: Solarban® 70 XL Glass Architect: William McDonough + Partners, AECOM General Contractor: Swinerton Builders Glass Fabricator: Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope® LEED® Platinum Design Standard Photo courtesy of Cesar Rubio

NASA Sustainability Base, which showcases NASA technology, is a net energy positive building, meaning it generates more energy than it uses. Designed to meet LEED Platinum standards, it has won numerous awards, including the U.S. General Services Administration Award for Green Innovation.

6 1-855-VTRO-GLS (1-855-887-6457) VitroGlazings.com BULLITT CENTER Location: Seattle Products: Solarban® 60 Glass, Starphire® Glass Architect: The Miller Hull Partnership Glazing Contractor: Goldfinch Brothers Glass Fabricator: Northwestern Industries, Inc. Photo courtesy of Tom Kessler Photography

Bullitt Center meets the Living Building Challenge™ standard, the world’s most rigorous green design and construction guideline. SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION BUILDING Location: San Francisco Products: Solarban® 70XL Glass, Starphire® Glass Architects: KMD Architects Glass Fabricator: Hartung Glass Industries Glazing Contractor: Benson Industries LEED® Platinum Certified AIA COTE Award Winner, 2013 Photo courtesy of Bruce Damonte Solarban® Solar Control Low-E Glasses

For sustainable buildings, architects seek transparent glass that transmits high levels of natural light while blocking the energy-draining effects of the sun. Vitro Glass has produced more than 700 million square feet of Solarban® low-e glass for commercial buildings around the globe, adding beauty while delivering immeasurable energy savings.

Solarban® 90 glass Starphire Ultra-Clear™ glass or With an SHGC of 0.27 and VLT an array of performance-tinted of 64 percent in a 1-inch IGU, The latest evolution in solar glasses to provide a broad range Solarban® 70XL glass produces control low-e glass, Solarban® 90 of aesthetic and performance an LSG ratio of 2.37, which places glass conveys a neutral options. it among the highest-performing appearance similar to that of glasses available. clear glass in both color and When paired with clear glass in a reflectance, whether viewed standard 1-inch insulating glass For a tinted glass appearance in from the interior or exterior unit (IGU), Solarban® 90 glass an IGU, Solarban® 70XL glass can